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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 plot /ˈplɑt/
 (v.)繪製小塊土地,地區圖,圖,陰謀,情節(vt.)劃分,繪圖,密謀(vi.)密謀,策劃

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 plot
 圖表;曲線;繪(製);繪圖

From: Network Terminology

 plot
 繪圖

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plot n.
 1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
 2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.]
 3. Surv. A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plot, v. t. [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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plot, n.
 1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
    I have overheard a plot of death.   --Shak.
 O, think what anxious moments pass between
 The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!   --Addison.
 2. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.]
    And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.   --Milton.
 3. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue. [Obs.] “A man of much plot.”
 4. A plan; a purpose. “No other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls.”
 5. In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
    If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.   --Pope.
 Syn: -- Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination; contrivance.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plot v. i.
 1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
    The wicked plotteth against the just.   --Ps. xxxvii. 12.
 2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
    The prince did plot to be secretly gone.   --Sir H. Wotton.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. Plotting an unprofitable crime.” --Dryden. Plotting now the fall of others.”
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 plot
      n 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
      v 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]