mummify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
preserve while making lifeless
mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
Types & categories
- preserve hypernym
Related & opposite
- mummification derivation
Sense 2 verb
remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
Types & categories
- embalm hypernym
Related & opposite
- mummification derivation
- mummy derivation
- dry up verb group
Sense 3 verb
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
a mummified body was found
Types & categories
- shrink hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mummification |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | preserve |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mummification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mummy |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | dry up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | embalm |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mummy |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | mummify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shrink |