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mummify 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈməməˌfī/,
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mummified, past tense; mummified, past participle; mummifies, 3rd person singular present; mummifying, present participle;
  1. (esp. in ancient Egypt) Preserve (a body) by embalming it and wrapping it in cloth
    • - the mummified bodies entombed in the pyramids of Egypt
  2. Shrivel or dry up (a body or a thing), thus preserving it
    • - the wind must have dehydrated and mummified the body
  1. preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
  2. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"
  3. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
  4. (mummification) a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"
  5. (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
  6. 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.
  7. (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. ...
  8. (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 ...
  9. (mummification) way to preserve dead bodies
  10. (Mummification) The desiccation of a body due to very hot and dry conditions, or exposure to very cold temperatures.
  11. (Mummification) Death of tissue with desiccation rather than putrefaction, sometimes referred to as ‘dry’ gangrene. (French momifier, ‘to dry out and shrivel’)
  12. (Mummification) The drying up and shriveling of fruits and other plant parts.
  13. (Mummification) The process of preserving a corpse by removing the moisture from it before burial. This process was practiced by many different cultures.
  14. (Mummification) The results from drying of tissues under conditions of high environmental temperature, low humidity and good ventilation. Also called Parchmentation.
  15. (mummification) The act of preserving the bodies of the dead; practiced in Egypt to preserve the body for enjoyment of the afterlife. (p. 41)
  16. Mummification -To embalm and dry as or as if a mummy.  The process used by ancient Egyptians to preserve their bodies
  17. To give birth. - Joseph Leff
  18. to dry and shrivel up.