Embalm
verb
To preserve a dead body with special chemicals to prevent decay.
The body was embalmed before the funeral.
Often appears as...
- professional embalm
- embalm a body
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To protect or preserve something carefully.
He embalmed the memory of their love in his heart.
Often appears as...
- embalm in memory
- embalm in heart
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Literary
verb
To preserve a dead body with special chemicals to prevent decay.
The body was embalmed before the funeral.
Often appears as...
- professional embalm
- embalm a body
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To protect or preserve something carefully.
He embalmed the memory of their love in his heart.
Often appears as...
- embalm in memory
- embalm in heart
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Profession Specific
Used in the context of funeral services by professionals like morticians.
The mortician professionally embalmed the body.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Practices
Often associated with ancient Egyptian mummification methods.
Mummies were embalmed to preserve them for the afterlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Subject
Talk about embalming with sensitivity, as it involves death.
The director explained how the body would be embalmed with respect.
Pro Tip 1/3Profession Specific
Used in the context of funeral services by professionals like morticians.
The mortician professionally embalmed the body.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Practices
Often associated with ancient Egyptian mummification methods.
Mummies were embalmed to preserve them for the afterlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Subject
Talk about embalming with sensitivity, as it involves death.
The director explained how the body would be embalmed with respect.
Pro Tip 1/3Profession Specific
Used in the context of funeral services by professionals like morticians.
The mortician professionally embalmed the body.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Practices
Often associated with ancient Egyptian mummification methods.
Mummies were embalmed to preserve them for the afterlife.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensitive Subject
Talk about embalming with sensitivity, as it involves death.
The director explained how the body would be embalmed with respect.
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Rob Knight: How our...
before they drained them out for embalming. So I mentioned that microbes have all these important functions, and they've also now, just over the past few years, been connected to a whole range of different diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, heart disease, colon cancer, and even obesity.
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Preserving Corpses PIPE...
displaces the blood which escapes through an incision usually in the jugular vein almost immediately the corpse begins to harden this may seem like a process dreamed up by a mad scientist but in reality embalming has deep historical and religious roots in
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Jae Rhim Lee: My...
a practice which causes respiratory problems and cancer in funeral personnel. So by trying to preserve our dead bodies, we deny death, poison the living and further harm the environment. Green or natural burials, which don't use embalming,
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Family Keeps Corpse in...
in their culture here in terrassa beloved relatives receive their favorite dishes three times a day even after they are dead to Rajan's don't immediately bury the body of a family member they keep the embalmed corpse and treat it as
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Welcome to Embalming 101...
corpse begins to harden this may seem like a process dreamed up by a mad scientist but in reality embalming has deep historical and religious roots in America embalming arose not from a quest for immortality but from perhaps the
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When I die, recompose me...
Conventional burial begins with embalming, where funeral staff drain bodily fluid and replace it with a mixture designed to preserve the corpse and give it a lifelike glow. Then, as you know, bodies are buried in a casket
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A burial practice that...
They'll inject dyes so the person looks a little more alive -- just resting. Embalming is a cheat code, providing the illusion that death and then decay are not the natural end for all organic life on this planet.
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Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
items they could need in the afterlife including gold jewelry food drink and even pets preparing for this journey to the gods also involved mummifying one's body the deceased's corpse was embalmed
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The Mummification of...
Mummification is an incredible process of drying out and embalming the body to preserve it, ready for its journey to immortality in the afterlife. Key to it all was the preparation of the body.
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Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
others are not so lucky the brine embalms their bodies
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Rob Knight: How our...
before they drained them out for embalming. So I mentioned that microbes have all these important functions, and they've also now, just over the past few years, been connected to a whole range of different diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, heart disease, colon cancer, and even obesity.
Video examples
Preserving Corpses PIPE...
displaces the blood which escapes through an incision usually in the jugular vein almost immediately the corpse begins to harden this may seem like a process dreamed up by a mad scientist but in reality embalming has deep historical and religious roots in
Video examples
Jae Rhim Lee: My...
a practice which causes respiratory problems and cancer in funeral personnel. So by trying to preserve our dead bodies, we deny death, poison the living and further harm the environment. Green or natural burials, which don't use embalming,
Video examples
Family Keeps Corpse in...
in their culture here in terrassa beloved relatives receive their favorite dishes three times a day even after they are dead to Rajan's don't immediately bury the body of a family member they keep the embalmed corpse and treat it as
Video examples
Welcome to Embalming 101...
corpse begins to harden this may seem like a process dreamed up by a mad scientist but in reality embalming has deep historical and religious roots in America embalming arose not from a quest for immortality but from perhaps the
Video examples
When I die, recompose me...
Conventional burial begins with embalming, where funeral staff drain bodily fluid and replace it with a mixture designed to preserve the corpse and give it a lifelike glow. Then, as you know, bodies are buried in a casket
Video examples
A burial practice that...
They'll inject dyes so the person looks a little more alive -- just resting. Embalming is a cheat code, providing the illusion that death and then decay are not the natural end for all organic life on this planet.
Video examples
Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
items they could need in the afterlife including gold jewelry food drink and even pets preparing for this journey to the gods also involved mummifying one's body the deceased's corpse was embalmed
Video examples
The Mummification of...
Mummification is an incredible process of drying out and embalming the body to preserve it, ready for its journey to immortality in the afterlife. Key to it all was the preparation of the body.
Video examples
Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
others are not so lucky the brine embalms their bodies
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Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
Let no man despise the oracles of books! A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh and motion and a boundless variety of determinations and actions.
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Jonathan Bailey
English Actor
The thing with Sondheim is that people sometimes say he's the only thing that matters, and then you end up embalming him, when the fact is he just writes the best and most accessible music.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
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Florence King
American Writer
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments and used to absolve all future sins.
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Dustin Hoffman
American Actor
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.
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Andre Bazin
French Critic
Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.
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Neil Simon
American Playwright
Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.
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Angus Young
Scottish Musician
Key to longevity... drinking embalming fluid every year.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
A precedent embalms a principle.
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William Godwin
English Writer
Let no man despise the oracles of books! A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh and motion and a boundless variety of determinations and actions.
Quote examples
Jonathan Bailey
English Actor
The thing with Sondheim is that people sometimes say he's the only thing that matters, and then you end up embalming him, when the fact is he just writes the best and most accessible music.
Quote examples
William Hazlitt
English Critic
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
Quote examples
Florence King
American Writer
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.
Quote examples
Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments and used to absolve all future sins.
Quote examples
Dustin Hoffman
American Actor
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.
Quote examples
Andre Bazin
French Critic
Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.
Quote examples
Neil Simon
American Playwright
Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.
Quote examples
Angus Young
Scottish Musician
Key to longevity... drinking embalming fluid every year.
Quote examples
Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
A precedent embalms a principle.
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