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mummify

verb

dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
M
Ends with
Y
Contains
UM
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

    “a mummified body was found”

verb

  1. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it

    “The Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”

verb

  1. preserve while making lifeless

    “mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”

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Example Sentences

a mummified body was found
The Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
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