plot
1. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) (Freq. 9)
- they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
- I saw through his little game from the start
• Syn:
secret plan, game
• Hypernyms:
scheme, strategy
• Hyponyms:
counterplot, counterplan, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, cabal
2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation (Freq. 6)
- a bean plot
- a cabbage patch
- a briar patch
• Syn:
plot of land, plot of ground, patch
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
• Hyponyms:
bed, garden
3. the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. (Freq. 5)
- the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal
• Hypernyms:
story
• Hyponyms:
action, storyline, plot line
4. a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
• Hypernyms:
chart
1. plan secretly, usually something illegal (Freq. 6)
- They plotted the overthrow of the government
• Derivationally related forms:
plotter
• Hypernyms:
plan
• Hyponyms:
conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate,
counterplot, scheme, intrigue, connive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- They plot to move
2. make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
diagram
• Derivationally related forms:
plotter, diagramming (for: diagram), diagram (for: diagram)
• Hypernyms:
draw
• Hyponyms:
graph
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make a plat of (Freq. 1)
- Plat the town
• Syn:
plat
• Hypernyms:
map
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
- the writer is plotting a new novel
• Hypernyms:
plan, project, contrive, design
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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