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A plot is a scheme, a story, a map charting progress, or a piece of land (as for a garden). To plot is to devise the secret plan, order the events of the story, or track your movement on the map.

You could make a whole movie based the word plot. This could be the plot (story): An evil so-and-so hatches a secret plot (scheme) to follow the explorer to a legendary plot (patch) of land with buried treasure. The explorer plots (draws) the best route to the treasure, but the evil so-and-so steals the plot (map) and gets to the treasure first. What a great story. All that's left is to plot (arrange) the sequence of events for maximum suspense.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: plot

1	n v	a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation make a plat of
2	n v	a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
3	n v	the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
4	n v	a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) plan secretly, usually something illegal

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: plot

n a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

“a bean plot”

Synonyms:: patch, plot of ground, plot of land

Examples:: Hanging Gardens of Babylon
a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC; Tuileries Gardens
formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris

Types:: show 22 types...; hide 22 types...; bed
a plot of ground in which plants are growing; garden
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated; asparagus bed
a bed in which asparagus is growing; bed of flowers, flower bed, flowerbed
a bed in which flowers are growing; flower garden
a garden featuring flowering plants; formal garden
a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs; grove, orchard, plantation, woodlet
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth; herb garden
a garden for growing herbs; hop field, hop garden
a garden where hops are grown; hotbed
a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants; kitchen garden, vegetable garden, vegetable patch
a small garden where vegetables are grown; landscaping
a garden laid out for esthetic effect; market garden
a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing; pot farm
a plot of ground where marijuana is grown and harvested (often hidden in a national forest); rock garden, rockery
a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants; roof garden
a garden on a flat roof of a building; rose garden
a garden for growing roses; seedbed
a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting; sunken garden
a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it; tea garden
a public garden where tea is served; topiary
a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals; turnip bed
a bed in which turnips are growing

Type of:: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
an extended area of land

v make a plat of

Synonyms:: plat

Type of:: map
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

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

Type of:: chart
a visual display of information

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

Synonyms:: diagram

Types:: graph
plot upon a graph

Type of:: draw
represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface

n the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

“the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal”

Types:: action
the series of events that form a plot; plot line, storyline
the plot of a book or play or film

Type of:: story
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

v devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)

“the writer is plotting a new novel”

Type of:: contrive, design, plan, project
make or work out a plan for; devise

n a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

“they concocted a plot to discredit the governor”

Synonyms:: game, secret plan

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; counterplan, counterplot
a plot intended to subvert another plot; intrigue, machination
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends; cabal, conspiracy
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot); priestcraft
a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs; Gunpowder Plot
a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes

Type of:: scheme, strategy
an elaborate and systematic plan of action

v plan secretly, usually something illegal

“They plotted the overthrow of the government”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; cabal, complot, conjure, conspire, machinate
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; counterplot
make a plot in response to another plot; connive, intrigue, scheme
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner; coconspire
conspire together

Type of:: plan
make plans for something

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