mummify

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verb

1. preserve while making lifeless
- mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
• Derivationally related forms:
mummification
• Hypernyms:
continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
- Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
• Derivationally related forms:
mummification, mummy
• Hypernyms:
embalm
• Verb Group:
dry up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
- a mummified body was found
• Syn:
dry up
• Derivationally related forms:
mummy
• Hypernyms:
shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s