plot | English to English Dictionary

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plot

(pl/A/t )

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)(noun.cognition)

Example:
They concocted a plot to discredit the governor.

Synonym:
game, secret plan

source: wordnet30
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation(noun.location)

Example:
A bean plot.

Synonym:
patch, plot of ground, plot of land

source: wordnet30
the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.(noun.communication)

Example:
The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal.

source: wordnet30
a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.(noun)

source: webster1913
Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.(noun)

source: webster1913

plan secretly, usually something illegal(verb.cognition)

Example:
They plotted the overthrow of the government.

source: wordnet30
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed(verb.creation)

Synonym:
diagram

source: wordnet30
make a plat of(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
plat

source: wordnet30
devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)(verb.creation)

Example:
The writer is plotting a new novel.

source: wordnet30
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.(verb)

source: webster1913
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.(verb)

source: webster1913
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.(verb)

source: webster1913