mummify
/ˈmʌmɪfaɪ/
verb
- To preserve a dead body by treating it with chemicals, wrapping it in cloth, and drying it, especially as done in ancient Egypt.
- The ancient Egyptians would mummify their pharaohs to prepare them for the afterlife.
- Scientists are still studying how the Inca people mummified their dead in the Andes mountains.
- In the museum exhibit, visitors can see how priests used special oils and linen to mummify a body.
- To dry up or shrivel something so it looks like a mummy.
- The old apple left in the sun began to mummify, turning brown and wrinkled.
- Without proper humidity, the leather book covers started to mummify and crack.
- The desert heat can mummify small animals that die in the open.
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