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[plot] 
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plot
[plot]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | artifice, booby trap, cabal, collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving, conspiracy, contrivance, covin, design, device, fix, frame, frame-up, game, intrigue, little game, machination, maneuver, practice, ruse, scam, setup, stratagem, trick |
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tract of land |
| Synonyms: | acreage, allotment, area, division, ground, land, lot, parcel, patch, piece, plat, spread |
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, brew*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conceive, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, design, devise, draft, finagle, frame, hatch, imagine, intrigue, lay*, machinate, maneuver, operate, outline, project, promote, rough out, set up, sketch, wangle |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | map out; draw |
| Synonyms: | calculate, chart, compute, draft, lay out, locate, mark, outline, put forward |
| Main Entry: | acre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of land, unit of area |
| Synonyms: | acreage, bit, estate, grounds, manor, plot, property |
| Main Entry: | acreage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land |
| Synonyms: | back forty, expanse, holding, parcel, plot, property, real estate |
| Main Entry: | angle for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to get |
| Synonyms: | aim for, be after, cast about for, connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, look for, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, try for |
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | region, district |
| Synonyms: | belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field, kingdom, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, principality, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, township, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone |
| Main Entry: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | patch of ground for planting |
| Synonyms: | area, border, frame, garden, piece, plot, row, strip |
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