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mummify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dry up |
| Type of | shrivel, wither, shrink, shrivel up |
| Derivation | mummy |
mummify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | embalm |
| Verb group | dry up |
| Derivation | mummification, mummy |
Examples of mummify
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As it happens, landfills tend to mummify their contents rather than to biodegrade them.
From the theatlantic.com
But ancient Egyptians tended to mummify only royalty or those who had privileged lives.
From the sciencedaily.com
They steal your bread, feed you soup, mummify you in packing tape, give you a quick shampoo.
From the time.com
In other words, even 4% is plenty to mummify you.
From the latimes.com
Not all young British artists mummify sharks, put their unmade beds on display or trot round the celebrity circuit.
From the time.com
Human cultures residing in environments that are either very dry, hot, or cold have independently discovered how to mummify their dead.
From the scienceblogs.com
Worshippers paid the priests of a particular deity to obtain and mummify an animal and the mummy was placed in a cemetery near the god's cult center.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This means it was too wet to dry out and mummify a dinosaur carcass, he told the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Cleveland last week.
From the newscientist.com
They lack the internal microbial flora that produce much of decomposition and quite commonly mummify if kept in even moderately dry conditions.
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- Preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
- Remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"
- Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
- (mummification) a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"
- (mummification) dry gangrene: (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
- Mummify (24 August 1999 - 16 October 2005) was a popular Australian Thoroughbred racehorse that amassed AUD5,134,320 in prize money and won five Group One races, including the 2003 Caulfield Cup and the Singapore Airlines International Cup.
- (Mummification) A mummy is a corpse whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. ...
- (Mummification (bondage)) Mummification as a BDSM bondage practice involves restraining a living person's body in a non-damaging way by wrapping it head to toe, or neck to toe, in materials like saran wrap, clingfilm, cloth, bandages, rubber strips, duct tape, plaster bandages, bodybags, or ...
- (mummification) way to preserve dead bodies
