Mummified

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mummified \Mum"mi*fied\, a.
     Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the
     appearance of a mummy; withered.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mummified
       See {mummify}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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 pharaos"
       3: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a
          mummified body was found" [syn: {dry up}]
       [also: {mummified}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "mummified":
     adust, baked, burnt, corky, dehydrated, desiccated, dried,
     dried-up, evaporated, exsiccated, parched, scorched, sear, seared,
     sere, shriveled, sun-dried, sunbaked, weazened, wind-dried,
     withered, wizened