Plot and Match

noun

• A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal. )
  • usage: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • synonyms: secret plan, game
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot of land, plot of ground, patch
• The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
  • usage: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
• A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.

verb

• Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
  • usage: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
  • synonyms: diagram
• Make a plat of.
  • usage: "Plat the town"
  • synonyms: plat
• Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
  • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"

• (v.i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
• (v.i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
• (n.) A plan; a purpose.
• (n.) A plantation laid out.
• (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
• (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• (v.t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
• (v.t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
• (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• (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.

(DoD, NATO) Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
(DoD, NATO) Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart.
(DoD, NATO) The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
(DoD, NATO) A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.

noun

• Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction.
  • usage: "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag"
  • synonyms: lucifer, friction match
• A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete.
• A burning piece of wood or cardboard.
  • usage: "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode"
• An exact duplicate.
  • usage: "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
  • synonyms: mate
• The score needed to win a match.
• A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect.
  • synonyms: catch
• A person who is of equal standing with another in a group.
  • synonyms: peer, equal, compeer
• A pair of people who live together.
  • usage: "a married couple from Chicago"
  • synonyms: couple, mates
• Something that resembles or harmonizes with.
  • usage: "that tie makes a good match with your jacket"

verb

• Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
  • usage: "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
  • synonyms: fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
• Provide funds complementary to.
  • usage: "The company matched the employees' contributions"
• Bring two objects, ideas, or people together.
  • usage: "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  • synonyms: mate, couple, pair, twin
• Be equal to in quality or ability.
  • usage: "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
  • synonyms: equal, touch, rival
• Make correspond or harmonize.
  • usage: "Match my sweater"
  • synonyms: fit
• Satisfy or fulfill.
  • usage: "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
  • synonyms: meet, cope with
• Give or join in marriage.
• Set into opposition or rivalry.
  • usage: "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
  • synonyms: pit, oppose, play off
• Be equal or harmonize.
  • usage: "The two pieces match"
• Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.
  • usage: "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
  • synonyms: equal, equalize, equalise, equate

• (v.) Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
• (v.t.) To make or procure the equal of or that which is exactly similar to or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.
• (v.t.) To fit together or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.
• (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily or remains burning some time; especially, a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
• (v.) A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
• (v.t.) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
• (v.t.) To marry; to give in marriage.
• (v.t.) To make equal, proportionate or suitable; to adapt, fit or suit (one thing to another).
• (v.i.) To be united in marriage; to mate.
• (v.) A matrimonial union; a marriage.
• (v.) An agreement, compact, etc.
• (v.) A contest to try strength or skill or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
• (v.) Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
• (v.t.) To furnish with its match; to bring a match or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with or in opposition to, as equal.
• (v.i.) To be of equal or similar, size, figure, color or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
• (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.
• (v.) A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
• (v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest or the like.
• (v.t.) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
• Alternative of race.