From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plot \Plot\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Plotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plotting}.] To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. --Carew.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: 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" [syn: {secret plan}, {game}]
2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: {plot of ground}, {patch}]
3: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
4: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
verb
1: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow fo the government"
2: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed [syn: {diagram}]
3: make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: {plat}] [also: {plotting}, {plotted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "plotting": Byzantine, Machiavellian, artifice, cabal, calculating, collusion, collusive, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, connivent, conniving, conspiracy, conspiring, contrivance, contriving, counterplot, covin, deep-laid plot, designing, engineering, finagling, finesse, frame-up, game, intrigue, intriguing, little game, machination, maneuvering, manipulation, packed deal, packed jury, planning, plot, prearrangement, preconcertedness, premeditation, preordering, put-up job, rigged jury, rigging, scheme, schemery, scheming, setup, stacked deck, stratagem, stratagemical, trick, underplot, up to, web of intrigue, wire-pulling
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