SWAP (swapped, swapping, swopped, swopping, swops)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: swapped    , swapping    , swopped    , swopping    , swops   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does swap mean? 

• SWAP (noun)
  The noun SWAP has 1 sense:

1. an equal exchange

  Familiarity information: SWAP used as a noun is very rare.

• SWAP (verb)
  The verb SWAP has 2 senses:

1. exchange or give (something) in exchange for

2. move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

  Familiarity information: SWAP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An equal exchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

barter; swap; swop; trade

Context example:

we had no money so we had to live by barter

Hypernyms ("swap" is a kind of...):

exchange; interchange (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swap"):

horse trade; horse trading (the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining))

Derivation:

swap (exchange or give (something) in exchange for)

• SWAP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they swap    ... he / she / it swaps   
Past simple: swapped   
Past participle: swapped   
-ing form: swapping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

swap; switch; swop; trade

Hypernyms (to "swap" is one way to...):

change; exchange; interchange (give to, and receive from, one another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

swap (an equal exchange)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "swap" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swap"):

thrash (move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

What this suggests to us is that swapping mitochondria might not be as straightforward as just changing the batteries in a device.

(Interplay between mitochondria and the nucleus may have implications for changing cell’s ‘batteries’, University of Cambridge)

Some orbit in the opposite direction their planets rotate; others swap orbits with each other as if to avoid collision.

(NASA Finds Neptune Moons Locked in 'Dance of Avoidance', NASA)

The DNA swapping is unusual in that it occurs between the two “subgenomes” of the two contributing wild species—something that’s possible due to their high similarity.

(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

A method for reducing bias in which half of the treatment arrays swap with half of the control arrays in each permutation.

(Balanced Permutation, NCI Thesaurus)

This revealed an interesting pattern of DNA swapping and deletions (eliminations) taking place in the offspring plants that likely explains the diverse seed size, shape, color and other traits seen in commercial peanuts today.

(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)