"plots" in the noun sense
1. plot, secret plan, game
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal
"they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"
"I saw through his little game from the start"
2. plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
"a bean plot"
"a cabbage patch"
"a briar patch"
3. plot
the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
"the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
4. plot
a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
"plots" in the verb sense
1. plot
plan secretly, usually something illegal
"They plotted the overthrow of the government"
2. diagram, plot
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
3. plat, plot
make a plat of
"Plat the town"
4. plot
devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet
"the writer is plotting a new novel"
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