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mum·my1    Audio Help   [muhm-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -mies, verb, -mied, -my·ing.
–noun
1.the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming.
2.a dead body dried and preserved by nature.
3.a withered or shrunken living being.
4.a dry, shriveled fruit, tuber, or other plant organ, resulting from any of several fungous diseases.
–verb (used with object)
5.to make into or cause to resemble a mummy; mummify.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME mummie < ML mummia < Ar mūmiyah mummy, lit., bitumen < Pers mūm wax]
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mum·my2    Audio Help   [muhm-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -mies. Chiefly British.
mother.
[Origin: 1815–25; mum4 + -y2]
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mum·my 1    Audio Help   (mŭm'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mum·mies
  1. The dead body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians.
  2. A withered, shrunken, or well-preserved body that resembles an embalmed body.


[Middle English mummie, medicinal material from embalmed corpses, from Old French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic mūmīya, from mūm, wax, from Persian.]

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mum·my 2    Audio Help   (mŭm'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mum·mies Informal
Mother.


[Alteration of mommy or mum3.]

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mummy 
c.1400, "medicine prepared from mummy tissue," from M.L. mumia, from Ar. mumiyah "embalmed body," from Pers. mumiya "asphalt," from mum "wax." Sense of "embalmed body" first recorded in Eng. 1615. Mummy wheat (1842) was said to be cultivated from grains found in mummy-cases.

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mummy

noun
1. informal terms for a mother [syn: ma] 
2. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt) 

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mummy [ˈmami] noun — plural ˈmummies
a dead human body preserved eg by the ancient Egyptians by wrapping in bandages and treating with spice, wax etc
Arabic: مومْياء
Chinese (Simplified): 木乃伊
Chinese (Traditional): 木乃伊
Czech: mumie
Danish: mumie
Dutch: mummie
Estonian: muumia
Finnish: muumio
French: momie
German: die Mumie
Greek: μούμια
Hungarian: múmia
Icelandic: múmía, smurlingur
Indonesian: mumi
Japanese: ミイラ
Latvian: mūmija
Lithuanian: mumija
Norwegian: mumie
Polish: mumia
Portuguese (Brazil): múmia
Portuguese (Portugal): múmia
Romanian: mumie
Russian: мумия
Slovak: múmia
Slovenian: mumija
Spanish: momia
Swedish: mumie
Turkish: mumya
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Mummy

Mum"my\, n.; pl. Mummies. [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. m?miy[=a], fr. m?m wax.]

1. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. --Bacon.

2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.] --Sir. J. Hill.

3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [Obs.] --Shak. --Sir T. Herbert.

4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

6. One whose affections and energies are withered.

Mummy brown, a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs.

Mummy wheat (Bot.), wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times.

To beat to a mummy, to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.
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Mummy

Mum"my\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummied; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummying.] To embalm; to mummify.
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