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mummified

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mummified.

Editorial note

I specifically mean burial plots with marked graves, for which Egyptian mummified pets don't seem to qualify.

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Quick take

Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mummified.

adjective

Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification.

Example sentences

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I specifically mean burial plots with marked graves, for which Egyptian mummified pets don't seem to qualify.

2

Anyway they've found evidence of heart disease in mummified human remains so you can't trust ancient people either.

3

(As in-- mummified and dressed up, in glass boxes with wax faces.) The market is everywhere, and your emotion is misplaced.

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Even pop culture history is enough to know that, for example, the ancient Egyptians often mummified pets.

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Victorian era London loved to steal mummified cats and corpses to use in early medicinal rituals.

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A human or animal corpse that was accidentally mummified is still called a mummy.

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Now I also learned that Egyptian authorities have since found even more mummified cats, perhaps even millions.

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If you complete a shrine in Breath of the Wild and reach the mummified monk at the end, those monks were inspired by sokushinbutsu.

9

The Inca would leave sacrifices to be mummified by the mountain ice.

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Or when I get those little mummified bugs in the bottom of oatmeal tins.

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A prime example is steamboat Willie, aka Micky mouse og, really doesn't have any interest in doing much with it because it is culturally stale/mummified/dried out.

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The Maori mummified the fallen as trophies of war.

Quote examples

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As “Call Me Maybe” is increasingly meme-ified, it runs the risk of becoming completely mummified.

2

Just a thought: the "Link Rot" link should really be a Mummified link.

3

Depending on how smart that solution is, the story might just turn into "mummified hotel guest evicted after 2 year stay; was discovered only when credit card expired."

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In the first few paragraphs: "They’ve successfully analyzed the DNA of two naturally mummified livestock herders who died roughly 7,000 years ago in present-day Libya, which was part of what’s known as the “green Sahara.” The article says they were practising animal husbandry - I'm guessing they have evidence for that!

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use mummified in a sentence?

I specifically mean burial plots with marked graves, for which Egyptian mummified pets don't seem to qualify.

What does mummified mean?

Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification.

What part of speech is mummified?

mummified is commonly used as adjective.