mummify, v.
(mummified, mummifies, mummifying)
(mummified, mummifies, mummifying)
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
<verb.change>
dry up mummify
sample sentences
"a mummified body was found"verb frames
Something ----sverb frames
Something ----s
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derivationally related form
remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
<verb.possession>
mummify
sample sentences
"Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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derivationally related form
preserve while making lifeless
<verb.stative>
mummify
sample sentences
"mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
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derivationally related form
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hypernym