mummying
Embalming with wrappings
Mummying is the process of preserving a body through desiccation, wrapping, or embalming—either the ancient Egyptian practice or natural preservation in dry conditions.
More commonly, it describes wrapping someone or something tightly, like a mummy in bandages: The nurses mummied his broken leg in gauze.
Parents mummy infants in blankets for warmth or sleep.
Placing in a sealed chamber
- desiccatingRemoving all moisture
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- shroudingCovering to conceal
- anointingCeremonial oil application
natron · sarcophagus · canopic · linen · burial · ancient · Egyptian · pharaoh
Grouping items as one
- cocooningRetreating into domestic comfort
- swaddlingWrapping babies snugly
- blanketingCovering something entirely
- tuckingPushing snugly beneath
snuggling · infant · baby · tight · secure · cloth · binding · comforting
Caring for children
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
- overprotectingExcessive shielding from harm
- helicopteringExcessive parental supervision
smothering · coddling · hovering · doting · caregiving · babying · pampering · sheltering
entombing
Placing in a sealed chamber
- desiccatingRemoving all moisture
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- shroudingCovering to conceal
anointing · natron · sarcophagus · canopic · linen · burial · ancient · Egyptian · pharaoh · tomb
bundling
Grouping items as one
- cocooningRetreating into domestic comfort
- swaddlingWrapping babies snugly
- blanketingCovering something entirely
tucking · snuggling · infant · baby · tight · secure · cloth · binding · comforting · warmth
mothering
Caring for children
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
- overprotectingExcessive shielding from harm
helicoptering · smothering · coddling · hovering · doting · caregiving · babying · pampering · sheltering · worrying
mummyingcremating
Burning a corpse
cremation · incinerating · burning · alkaline hydrolysis · dissolution
mummyingdecomposing
Organic matter breaking down
rotting · decaying · putrefying · moldering · disintegrating
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