'Mummy' definitions:

Definition of 'mummy'

(from WordNet)
noun
Informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
noun
A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

Definition of 'Mummy'

From: GCIDE
  • Mummy \Mum"my\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummied; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummying.] To embalm; to mummify. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mummy'

From: GCIDE
  • Mummy \Mum"my\ (m[u^]m"m[y^]), n.; pl. Mummies (m[u^]m"m[i^]z). [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. m[=u]miy[=a], fr. m[=u]m wax.]
  • 1. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.] --Sir. J. Hill. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [Obs.] --Shak. --Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below). [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. One whose affections and energies are withered. [1913 Webster]
  • Mummy brown, a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs.
  • Mummy wheat (Bot.), wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times.
  • To beat to a mummy, to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'mummy'

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