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: secret plan , game ]

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; a bean plot; a cabbage patch; a briar patch

[ Syn: plot of land , plot of ground , patch ]

the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal'

a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object

plan secretly, usually something illegal; They plotted the overthrow of the government'

make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

[ Syn: diagram ]

make a plat of; Plat the town

[ Syn: plat ]

devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); the writer is plotting a new novel'