All plot synonyms
plot
P p verb plot
- batching β a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- machinate β Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- intend β to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
- contrive β If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- check over β a thorough examination or investigation.
- crafted β an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill: the craft of a mason.
- navigate β to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- collogue β to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire
- line up β a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- lay β to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- chalking β a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- connive β If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them.
- figure on β a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- crafting β an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill: the craft of a mason.
- graphed β Simple past tense and past participle of graph.
- look for β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- goes around β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- quarterback β a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
noun plot
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- collusion β Collusion is secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- contrivance β If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
- bait and switch β Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
- flowerbed β A part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.
- machination β an act or instance of machinating.
- burial ground β A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- countermine β a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by an enemy
- burying ground β a burial ground.
- freehold β a town in E New Jersey: battle of Monmouth courthouse 1778.
- cunningness β skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- landholding β a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- curveball β a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- conation β the element in psychological processes that tends towards activity or change and appears as desire, volition, and striving
- whitewash β a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- landholdings β Plural form of landholding.
- acreage β Acreage is a large area of farm land.
- quinta β an inn, especially one in the countryside.
- modus β (legal, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
- narrative β a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- acre β An acre is an area of land measuring 4840 square yards or 4047 square metres.
- intrigue β to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- doublecross β To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- guiltiness β having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- grassplot β a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- farmland β land under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion.
- mise en scene β the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
- land β Edwin Herbert, 1909β91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- counterplot β a plot designed to frustrate another plot