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mummify

DEFINITIONS OF: mummify

1

v remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it

“Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”
Synonyms
dry up
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
Type of:
embalm
preserve a dead body

v preserve while making lifeless

“mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”
Type of:
bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

v dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

“a mummified body was found”
Synonyms:
dry up
Type of:
shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither
wither, as with a loss of moisture
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