Embalm (Verb)
Meaning
Preserve a dead body.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The mortician carefully washed and prepared the body to embalm it according to traditional funeral customs.
- The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated methods to embalm their pharaohs for the afterlife.
- To honor their leader, the soldiers requested that the deceased general's body be properly embalm and returned to his hometown.
- The funeral home employee ensured that every step was taken to safely handle the chemicals used to embalm the deceased.
- Expert preservation techniques allowed archaeologists to discover a remarkably well-preserved mummy that had been embalmed over two millennia ago.