mummy

«mummy» in Mova's school dictionary: A child's word for mother; in the USA it is «mommy» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mummy, mummies)

meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) A child's word for mother; in the USA it is «mommy». tree →

2) A dead body kept from rotting long ago, often wrapped in cloth, as in ancient Egypt. tree →

3) (stories) A scary monster in films, a wrapped body that walks. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life small children call their mother «Mummy». In history and science lessons, mummies tell us how ancient Egyptians lived and what they believed. In Halloween stories a mummy is a spooky character. Phrases: Mummy and Daddy, an Egyptian mummy, mummy's boy.

examples

• Mummy, can I have a biscuit? tree →
• My baby sister cries for her mummy. tree →
• We saw an Egyptian mummy at the museum. tree →
• The mummy was wrapped in long strips of linen. tree →
• Scientists used X-rays to look inside the mummy. tree →
• He dressed up as a mummy with toilet paper for Halloween. tree →
• Mummies were buried with food and treasures. tree →
• “Not quite empty, mummy,” Slightly said, after looking into an imaginary mug. tree →

note

Plural: mummies (y to ies). As a name for your mother it has a capital: «Mummy said yes.» US children say Mommy, UK children say Mummy or Mum. Myth: mummies did not really come alive; that is only in stories. «Mummy's boy» is a teasing phrase.

In the corpora

• That one belief explains the pyramids, the mummies and much of what we know about them.
• Bodies were dried with a special salt and wrapped in linen to make mummies, nothing like the walking mummies of films.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mummy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.