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MUMMY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mummy" is a kind of...):

body; dead body (a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person)

Derivation:

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal terms for a mother

Synonyms:

ma; mama; mamma; mammy; mom; momma; mommy; mum; mummy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mummy" is a kind of...):

female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb mummy

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