Plot: Definition and part of speech

Plot

  1. n. A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
  2. n. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
  3. n. A plantation laid out.
  4. n. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
  5. n. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
  6. n. A plan; a purpose.
  7. n. In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  8. v. i. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
  9. v. i. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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