PLOT

noun a plan; a purpose.

2. plot ·noun a plantation laid out.

3. plot ·noun a small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

4. plot ·noun contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

5. plot ·noun a plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, ·etc., drawn to a scale.

6. plot ·vi to contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

7. plot ·noun a share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

8. plot ·vt to make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.

9. plot ·vt to plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

10. plot ·vi to form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.

11. plot ·noun in fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

12. plot ·noun 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.