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"
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
"a bean plot"
"a cabbage patch"
"a briar patch"
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
"The captain studied the plot on his radar screen to see if we were tracking the storm's path correctly."
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
"The author spent weeks developing a complex plot where the detective's true identity remains hidden until the final chapter."
devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
"the writer is plotting a new novel"
To conceive (a crime, etc).
"The detective realized that two rival gangs had plotted a violent takeover of the neighborhood last night."