mirror

I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.

We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes.

A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.

O goddess, heavenly bright,
 Mirror of grace and majesty divine.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(figuratively) An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.

Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.

(computing, Internet) A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.

(historical) A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy."


mirror

He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and he even went to live in Graceland.

(transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to; to be a copy of.

(computing, transitive) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).

(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

en-verb

mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)

mirrors (present singular third-person)
mirroring (participle present)
mirrored (participle past)
mirrored (past)

отразявам

of an event, activity, behaviour; to be identical to, be a copy of, to reflect

tükröz

(computing) to create something identical to (a web site, etc.)