Dictionary Definition
mummify
Verb
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 pharaos"
3 dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of
moisture; "a mummified body was found" [syn: dry up] [also:
mummified]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.
- To become a mummy.
Translations
transitive: to mummify
- Finnish: muumioida
- German: mumifizieren
- Russian: муммифицировать
- Ukrainian: муміфікувати
intransitive: to become a mummy
- Finnish: muumioitua
- German: mumifizieren
- Russian: муммифицироваться
- Ukrainian: муміфікуватися
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Extensive Definition
Mummify was a popular Australian racehorse that amassed over $5
million in prize money and won 5 group 1 races, including the 2003
Caulfield
Cup and the
Singapore Airlines International Cup.
Sired by Melbourne
Cup winner Jeune, Mummify was
trained by Lee Freedman
and gave the trainer his 100th Group 1 victory and first
international race win.
The career of Mummify was tragically cut short in
the 2005 Caulfield
Cup, in which he shattered the sesamoid bone of his near
foreleg and was subsequently put down, after running a game third
carrying top weight and attempting to lead all the way in the
race.
Mummify finished his career with 9 wins and 17
placings from 48 starts; prize money in excess of $5 million,
placing him in the top 20 prize money winners in Australian racing
history; and an international rating of 118.
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, dry, dry up, dry-cure, dry-salt,
embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, lay out, lie in state,
marinade, marinate, mummy, parch, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze,
refrigerate,
rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up,
sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen