'Mummify' definitions:
Definition of 'mummify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
verb
Remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"
verb
Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found" [syn: mummify, dry up]
Definition of 'Mummify'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'mummify'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'mummify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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