Dictionary definition · plot
noun
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)"they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation"a bean plot"
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc."the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
- a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
verb
- plan secretly, usually something illegal"They plotted the overthrow of the government"
- make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
- make a plot of"Plat the town"
- devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)"the writer is plotting a new novel"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).