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plot in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
    diagram  plot 
  2. make a plat of
    "Plat the town"
    plat  plot 
  3. plan secretly, usually something illegal
    "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
    plot 
  4. devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
    "the writer is plotting a new novel"
    plot 
noun
  1. 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"
    plot  secret plan  game 
  2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
    "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
    plot  plot of land  plot of ground  patch 
  3. the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
    "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
    plot 
  4. a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
    plot 
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