| plot | |
| 1. n. (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. | |
| 2. n. An area or land used for building on or planting on. | |
| 3. n. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device. | |
| 4. n. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. | |
| The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board. | |
| The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot. | |
| 5. n. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue. | |
| 6. n. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. | |
| 7. n. A plan; a purpose. | |
| 8. v. To conceive (a crime, etc). | |
| They had plotted a robbery. - | |
| 9. v. To trace out (a graph or diagram). | |
| They plotted the number of edits per day. - | |
| 10. v. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc). | |
| Every five minutes they plotted their position. - | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc. | |
| They were plotting against the king. - | |
