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MUMMIFY

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Irregular inflected form: mummified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

Example:

a mummified body was found

Synonyms:

dry up; mummify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mummify" is one way to...):

shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither (wither, as with a loss of moisture)

Verb group:

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

mummy (a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "mummify" is one way to...):

embalm (preserve a dead body)

Verb group:

dry up; mummify (dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

mummification (embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy)

mummy (a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Preserve while making lifeless

Example:

mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "mummify" is one way to...):

bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mummification (a condition resembling that of a mummy)

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