If a dead body is mummified, it is preserved, for example by rubbing it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth. In America, people are paying up to $150,000 to be mummified after death. the mummified pharaoh. = embalm. to preserve a dead body by putting special oils on it and wrapping it with cloth
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found" remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaos" preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of