mummify

4 definitions found

mummify - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mummify \Mum"mi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Mummifying.] [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.]
     To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
     --Hall (1646).
     [1913 Webster]

  mummify \mum"mi*fy\ v. i.
     To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually
     little decomposition; -- said of dead animals; as, A
     mummified body was found in the attic.
     [WordNet 1.5]

mummify - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mummify
      v 1: preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and
           institutions should be gotten rid of"
      2: remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to
         preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"
      3: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a
         mummified body was found" [syn: mummify, dry up]

mummify - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "mummify":
     air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn,
     corn, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, dry, dry up,
     dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze,
     freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, lay out,
     lie in state, marinade, marinate, mummy, parch, pickle,
     preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear,
     season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun,
     sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither,
     wizen