Meaning of 'plot'

noun

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

Example: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"

Synonyms: game

noun

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

Example: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"

noun

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

noun

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

Example: "a bean plot"

Synonyms: patch

verb

plan secretly, usually something illegal

Example: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

verb

make a plat of

Synonyms: plat

verb

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

Example: "the writer is plotting a new novel"

verb

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

Synonyms: diagram