Mummify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make into a mummy by embalming and drying.
  • v. To cause to shrivel and dry up.
  • verb-intransitive. To shrivel or dry up like a mummy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.
  • v. To become a mummy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
  • verb-intransitive. To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually little decomposition; -- said of dead animals.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make into a mummy; embalm and dry as a mummy; hence, to dry, or to preserve by drying.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
  • v. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
  • v. preserve while making lifeless
  • Verb Form
    mummified    mummifies    mummifying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shrivel    wither    shrink    shrivel up    embalm    bear on    continue    uphold    carry on    preserve   
    Variant
    mummified   
    Form
    mummified    mummifying