plot

plot1 [ plat ] noun **

1. ) count or uncount a series of related events that make up the main story in a book, movie, etc. A second, less important story in the same book or movie is called a subplot.

2. ) count a secret plan to do something bad, made by two or more people:

an assassination plot

plot against: a plot against the government

a plot to do something: The two men are accused of a plot to bomb an American airliner.

hatch a plot (=make it): Between them, they had hatched a clever plot to claim insurance money.

3. ) count a piece of land used for a particular purpose, for example building a house or growing plants

a ) a small piece of land in a CEMETERY where you are buried when you die:

a family plot (=where members of the same family are buried)

the plot thickens

used for saying that a situation is becoming more complicated or mysterious

plot

plot 2 [ plat ] verb *

1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a secret plan with other people to do something bad:

a woman who plotted the murder of her husband

He warned that they might be plotting a coup against the administration.

plot to do something: The men were charged with plotting to overthrow the government.

a ) transitive to secretly plan to do something:

The girls had been plotting Antonia's party in great excitement.

2. ) transitive to mark on a map the way that a ship or airplane travels:

plot a course for something: We plotted a course for one of the smaller islands.

a ) to mark points on a GRAPH

3. ) transitive to invent the series of related events that make up the main story in a book, movie, etc.:

a densely plotted novel