'Plot' definitions:

Definition of 'plot'

From: WordNet
noun
A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start" [syn: plot, secret plan, game]
noun
A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch]
noun
The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
noun
A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
verb
Plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
verb
Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed [syn: diagram, plot]
verb
Make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat, plot]
verb
Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel"

Definition of 'Plot'

From: GCIDE
  • Plot \Plot\, n. [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. Plat a piece of ground.]
  • 1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plot'

From: GCIDE
  • Plot \Plot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Plotting.] To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. [1913 Webster]
  • This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. --Carew. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plot'

From: GCIDE
  • Plot \Plot\, n. [Abbrev. from complot.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I have overheard a plot of death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • O, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal periods! --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue. [Obs.] "A man of much plot." --Denham. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A plan; a purpose. "No other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [1913 Webster]
  • If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination; contrivance. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plot'

From: GCIDE
  • Plot \Plot\ (pl[o^]t), v. i.
  • 1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The wicked plotteth against the just. --Ps. xxxvii. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. [1913 Webster]
  • The prince did plot to be secretly gone. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plot'

From: GCIDE
  • Plot \Plot\, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. "Plotting an unprofitable crime." --Dryden. "Plotting now the fall of others." --Milton [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'plot'

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Words containing 'Plot'