Plot and Stand

plot

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(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.

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.

stand

noun

A support or foundation.
- usage: "the base of the lamp"
- synonyms: base, pedestal
The position where a thing or person stands.
A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area.
- usage: "they cut down a stand of trees"
A small table for holding articles of various kinds.
- usage: "a bedside stand"
A support for displaying various articles.
- usage: "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
- synonyms: rack
An interruption of normal activity.
- synonyms: standstill, tie-up
A mental position from which things are viewed.
- usage: "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
- synonyms: point of view, viewpoint, standpoint
A booth where articles are displayed for sale.
- synonyms: stall, sales booth
A stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance.
- usage: "a one-night stand"
Tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade. )
A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air.
- synonyms: bandstand, outdoor stage
A defensive effort.
- usage: "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"

verb

Be standing; be upright.
- usage: "We had to stand for the entire performance"
- synonyms: stand up
Be in some specified state or condition.
- usage: "I stand corrected"
Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically.
- usage: "We stand on common ground"
Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright.
- usage: "I am standing my ground and won't give in"
- synonyms: remain firm
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
- usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
- synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue.
- usage: "Where do you stand on the War"
Remain inactive or immobile.
- usage: "standing water"
Be in effect; be or remain in force.
- usage: "The law stands"
Be tall; have a height of; copula.
- usage: "She stands 6 feet tall"
Put into an upright position.
- usage: "Can you stand the bookshelf up"
- synonyms: stand up, place upright
Withstand the force of something.
- usage: "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
- synonyms: resist, fend
Be available for stud services.
- usage: "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"

(v.i.) To be or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.
(v.i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
(n.) To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
(n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position.
(v.t.) To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
(n.) To have or maintain a position, order or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
(v.i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
(n.) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
(n.) To offer one's self or to be offered, as a candidate.
(v.i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
(v.i.) Rank; post; station; standing.
(v.i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
(n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
(n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots or a building resting on its foundation.
(n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
(v.i.) A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
(n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength or resources.
(n.) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
(v.t.) To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
(n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
(n.) To appear in court.
(n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
(v.t.) To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
(n.) To measure when erect on the feet.
(v.i.) A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
(n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
(n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
(v.i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance or opposition; as, to come to or to make, a stand.
(v.t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
(v.i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
(v.t.) To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
(v.i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
(n.) To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
(v.i.) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad or convenient stand for business.
(n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
(v.i.) The act of standing.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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