embalmed
past simple and past participle ofembalm
embalm
verb[T]
uk/ɪmˈbɑːm/us/ɪmˈbɑːm/to usechemicalstopreventadeadbodyfromdecaying
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
- bier
- burial
- burial at seaidiom
- bury
- committal
- cremains
- cremation
- cryogenic
- embalmer
- exhumation
- inter
- lay
- mummify
- rebury
- reinter
- reinterment
- sarcophagus
- suttee
- taxidermist
- taxidermy
Examplesofembalmed
embalmed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
His body wasembalmedand a memorial service was held on board on the 13th.
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They might just as well have beenembalmed, but they were living when they were not really here.
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When politicians lose the confidence of the people in their own country, they can have their rejected policiesembalmedfor five years.
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It has been said this evening that the countryside cannot beembalmedand kept as it is.
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It relates to the problems faced by the relatives of deceased persons, who have had to beembalmed.
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As our once pre-eminent manufacturing companies fell further behind foreign competition, they wereembalmedin ever-higher subsidies.
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Therefore, it was natural that the old delusion,embalmedin those anomalous privileges, should be carried from the period 1921 to 1949 into the period after 1949.
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When a person died, their body wasembalmedand perfumed with manoi to help facilitate their journey into the afterlife.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For some it was a human skull,embalmedand encrusted with jewels; for others it was carved out of wood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Health regulations required that onlyembalmedbodies could be returned to port.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If one of the team members died, it was recommended that their remains beembalmedand cemented.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The body of the deceased may beembalmedand dressed in fine clothing if there will be an open-casket viewing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two of these small bodies were partiallyembalmedby taking out internal organs and replacing the cavities with packing material.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He personally claimed to haveembalmed, 4028 soldiers and officers, field and staff, although some believe this figure to be inflated.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He found 219 cases of near live burial, 149 actual live burials, 10 cases of live dissection and 2 cases of awakening while beingembalmed.
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- folded paper
- folded sheet
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- fold-in
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