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SWAP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An equal exchange

Example:

we had no money so we had to live by barter

Synonyms:

barter; swap; swop; trade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Synonyms:

swap; switch; swop; trade

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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)

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