1. A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
   "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor";
   - secret plan, game [informal]
    
2. A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
   "a bean plot"; "They cultivated a plot of land in their backyard for growing vegetables";
   - plot of land, plot of ground, patch, paddock [Austral, NZ]
    
3. The story that is told in a novel, play or movie etc.
   "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
    
4. A chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
   "The scientist created a plot to track the comet's trajectory"

1. Plan secretly, usually something illegal
   "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
    
2. Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
   "the writer is plotting a new novel"
    
3. Make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
   "The engineer plotted the new machine's components";
   - diagram
    
4. Locate or mark on a map or chart
   "The captain plotted our course"
    
5. Make a plot of
   "plot the town";
   - plat [N. Amer]

Derived forms: plots, plotted, plotting

Type of: chart, draw, graph, map, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, plan, scheme, story, strategy, tract

Encyclopedia: Plot, Robert