Plot and Paint

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

• A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating.
  • usage: "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"
  • synonyms: pigment
• Basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court. (
  • usage: "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"
  • synonyms: key
• Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks.
  • synonyms: rouge, blusher

verb

• Make a painting.
  • usage: "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
• Apply paint to; coat with paint.
  • usage: "We painted the rooms yellow"
• Make a painting of.
  • usage: "He painted his mistress many times"
• Apply a liquid to; e. G., paint the gutters with linseed oil. .

• (v.t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
• (n.) A cosmetic; rouge.
• (n.) A pigment or coloring substance.
• (v.t.) Fig.: To color, stain or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
• (v.t.) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
• (v.t.) To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
• (v.t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
• (v.t.) To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
• (n.) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum or the like, for application to a surface.