Mummify

4 definitions found

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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

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]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "mummify":
     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