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# mirror

«mirror» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mirror, mirrors); verb (mirror, mirrors, mirrored, mirroring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mirror is a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you can see yourself and things behind you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#m1)

2) To mirror something is to copy it exactly or show it like a reflection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#m2)

3) A mirror image is a reflection where left and right are swapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#m3)

4) In fairy tales, a magic mirror can talk and answer questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a mirror reflects light: light bounces off at the same angle it hits; this is how periscopes work. Cars have rear-view and wing mirrors so drivers can see behind. In maths, a mirror line (line of symmetry) splits a shape into two matching halves, and reflecting a shape in a mirror line is a transformation. Phrases: look in the mirror, mirror image, mirror line, rear-view mirror, smash a mirror.

### examples

- She looked at herself in the mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x1)
- A mirror reflects light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x2)
- Draw the mirror image of the shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x3)
- The mirror line cuts the butterfly into two equal halves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x4)
- Check the mirror before you change lanes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x5)
- Her face mirrored her mother's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x6)
- Writing looks back to front in a mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x7)
- and the mirror answered as before: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/#x8)

### note

Spelling: mi-rr-or, double r. In a mirror, left and right are swapped, so writing looks reversed. Broken mirror glass is very sharp; tell an adult. Some say breaking a mirror brings seven years' bad luck — this is only a superstition.

### In the corpora

- [Pigs learn tricks and solve puzzles as well as many dogs, and they can use a mirror to find food hidden behind them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/6/)
- [Before a bird flies indoors you close windows and doors, cover mirrors and turn off fans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/9/)
- [Breaking a mirror does not bring seven years of bad luck; that is a superstition, and the only danger is the glass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/17/)
- [Stage illusions like «sawing a person in half» use special boxes, mirrors and hidden helpers; nobody is hurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/10/)
- [The next morning she looked in the bathroom mirror at a nose that was swollen, purple and twice its size.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mirror» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mirror/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.