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mummify

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As a verb, mummify means make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.

Meanings of mummify

5 meanings

verb

  1. To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.

  2. To become a mummy.

  3. Preserve while making lifeless

    “mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”

  4. Remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it

    “The Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”

  5. Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

    “a mummified body was found”

    Similar: dry up

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

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