What is the meaning of reflecting?

verb

• Manifest or bring back.
  • usage: "This action reflects his true beliefs"
  • synonyms: reflect
• Reflect deeply on a subject.
  • usage: "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
  • synonyms: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
• To throw or bend back (from a surface. )
  • usage: "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
  • synonyms: reflect, reverberate
• Be bright by reflecting or casting light.
  • usage: "Drive carefully-the wet road reflects"
  • synonyms: reflect, shine
• Show an image of.
  • usage: "her sunglasses reflected his image"
  • synonyms: reflect
• Give evidence of a certain behavior.
  • usage: "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"
  • synonyms: reflect
• Give evidence of the quality of.
  • usage: "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"
  • synonyms: reflect

adjective

• Causing reflection or having a device that reflects.
  • usage: "a reflecting microscope"