dry up

v 1: lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated

very quickly" [syn: {dehydrate}, {desicate}, {dessicate}]

[ant: {hydrate}]

2: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a

mummified body was found" [syn: {mummify}]

dry run

To execute a program by hand, writing values of

variables and other run-time data on paper, in order to check

its operation or to track down a {bug}. A dry run is an

extreme form of {desk check} and is practical only for fairly

simple programs and small amounts of data.

(1996-05-13)