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While the plot is what happens, the theme is the underlying idea or message within a story. The plot is concrete occurrences within the narrative, but the theme can be more subtle and even at times, implied. The theme can be harder to discern whereas the plot is more obvious. 29 synonyms of plot from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 76 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for plot. Plot: a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends. English novelist E. Forster described plot as the cause-and-effect relationship between events in a story. According to Forster, 'The king died, and then the queen died, is a story, while The king died, and then the queen died of grief, is a plot.' Teri Shaffer Yamada agrees that a plot does not include memorable scenes within a story which do not relate directly to other.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC

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bed

a plot of ground in which plants are growing

garden

asparagus bed

a bed in which asparagus is growing

bed of flowers, flower bed, flowerbed

flower garden

a garden featuring flowering plants

formal garden

a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs

grove, orchard, plantation, woodlet

garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

herb garden

hop field, hop garden

a garden where hops are grown

hotbed

a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants

kitchen garden, vegetable garden, vegetable patch

landscaping

a garden laid out for esthetic effect

market garden

a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing

pot farm

a plot of ground where marijuana is grown and harvested (often hidden in a national forest)

rock garden, rockery

roof garden

a garden on a flat roof of a building

rose garden

seedbed

a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting

sunken garden

a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it

tea garden

topiary

a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals

turnip bed

type of:parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

an extended area of land

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addle-plot

obsolete One who disrupts or interferes with someone else's plans or enjoyment. If you want to have a good time, we can't invite that addle-plot.Father won't let us take the horses out today? What an addle-plot.

brew a plot

To conspire; to devise a secret plan. What are you kids whispering about back there? You better not be brewing a plot!My siblings and I are brewing a plot to surprise our parents with a trip for their anniversary.

kudzu plot

Any long-form narrative that branches off in many different, meandering directions in a manner that is overly or needlessly complicated, especially when they ultimately fail to be resolved in a meaningful or satisfying way. A reference to the kudzu, or East Asian arrowroot plant, an invasive vine that spreads rapidly. The author was so focused on world-building that he has ended up creating an impenetrable kudzu plot that, at this point, is more arduous than it is entertaining.It felt like the TV series was devolving into an overwrought kudzu plot at times, but the skilled creative team has wrapped the whole thing up in one of the most thrilling and satisfying conclusions in TV history.

lose the plot

1. To act in a disorganized, chaotic, or irrational manner. Primarily heard in UK. Roger seems to have lost the plot ever since his wife died.I'm sorry about last night. I had one too many drinks and just lost the plot.

2. To lose focus on one's primary objective, principle, or task. Primarily heard in UK. Our co-op had a really promising start, but we started catering to individuals too much instead and eventually lost the plot.

plot (something) on (something)

To trace or draw a route or path on top of or along something. We plotted a way home on a scrap of paper we found in my bag.Using the stars as a compass, we were able to plot a course on the map we'd brought with us.

plot (something) out

1. Literally, to plot data points on a graph. If you plot the equation out, you can see that it will approach zero for infinity without ever reaching it.After plotting the results out, it becomes clear that there is definite correlation between the two variables.

2. To create a detailed course or path by which to travel. We need to plot our path out before we start the hike, or we could end up getting lost.The navigation systems on the ship plot out our course automatically, but we can use these charts and the stars in the sky in case the computers fail.

3. To establish or devise the way in which one will do something. We brought together the heads of the departments to plot out the company's course for the next fiscal year.I think we should plot a strategy out in case this turns into a full-blown scandal.

plot against (something or someone)

To join together to form a scheme or plot to foil or defeat someone or something. The group was arrested for plotting against the monarch.His two younger brothers plotted against him to have him removed from the head of the company.

plot with (one)

To conspire, scheme, or make plans with one. I could hear Marcus plotting with his friend Jacob in the basement to go on some grand adventure in the mountains together.He was convicted of treason after being discovered plotting with enemy soldiers.

the plot thickens

cliché A situation or set of circumstances has become more complex, mysterious, interesting, or difficult to understand. A: 'This whole time I presumed he was working for my father, but it turns out my father has never heard of him!' B: 'Ooh, the plot thickens!'Now the plot thickens, as police have opened a line of inquiry into the governor's whereabouts on the date of the incident.

brew a plot

Fig. to plot something; to make a plot. The children brewed an evil plot to get revenge on their teacher.We brewed a plot so that we would not have to help with dinner.

plot against someone or something

to make a scheme against someone or something. All the counselors plotted against the czar.We plotted against the opposing party.

plot something on something

to draw a route or outline on something. He plotted the course they would be taking on a map of the area.The captain plotted the course on a chart of the upper reaches of the Nile.

plot something out

to map something out; to outline a plan for something. I have an idea about how to remodel this room. Let me plot it out for you.I plotted out my ideas for the room.

plot thickens

Things are becoming more complicated or interesting. The police assumed that the woman was murdered by her ex-husband, but he has an alibi. The plot thickens.John is supposed to be going out with Mary, but I saw him last night with Sally. The plot thickens.

plot with someone

to scheme with someone. Mary looks as though she is plotting with Jerry to make some sort of mischief.I am not plotting with anyone. I am planning everything myself.

plot thickens, the

Circumstances are becoming very complex or mysterious. Today this term is often used ironically or half-humorously, as in His companion wasn't his wife or his partner-the plot thickens. Originally (1671) it described the plot of a play that was overly intricate, and by the late 1800s it was used for increasingly complex mysteries in detective stories.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

lose the plot

INFORMAL

COMMON If someone loses the plot, they become confused or crazy, or no longer know how to deal with a situation. Vikram's working so many hours as a junior doctor he's losing the plot completely and keeps mumbling about the people he's killed by falling asleep on the job.Famous people may be reluctant to link themselves with a store group that seems to have lost the fashion plot.

the plot thickens

People say the plot thickens when a situation or series of events starts to become even more complicated or strange. The plot thickens when he finds diamonds worth 6m euros hidden in a box of salt in the dead man's room.At this point the plot thickened further. A link emerged between the attempt to kill the Pope and the kidnapping of the American. Note: This phrase was widely used in 19th century melodramas, or popular plays that involved extreme situations and extreme emotions, and is now used humorously

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lose the plot

lose your ability to understand what is happening; lose touch with reality. informal

1997Spectator The truth is that we've lost the plot of great painting and have entered a new phase in which the criteria for judging work are…demonstrably shallow and trivial.

the plot thickens

the situation becomes more difficult and complex.

This expression comes from The Rehearsal ( 1671 ), a burlesque drama by George Villiers , 2nd Duke of Buckingham: ‘now the plot thickens very much upon us’.

lose the ˈplot

(British English, informal) lose your ability to understand or deal with what is happening: You should have seen Jimmy yesterday. I really thought he’d lost the plot! OPPOSITE: get your act together

the plot ˈthickens

(often humorous

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) used to say that a situation is becoming more complicated and difficult to understand:

Plots Define Structure

Aha, so both Karen and Steve had the day off work yesterday? The plot thickens!

plot against

To establish a plan to overthrow or ruin someone or something: The spies plotted against the government.

plot out

1. To place something on a graph: The students plotted out the equation and determined that it was a parabola. We determined the coordinates and plotted them out on the graph.

2. To establish some plan, path, or course: We plotted out the best route through the mountains. The captain plotted the ship's course out on the chart.

Plots Define Science

3. To make a thorough analysis of some plan: The governor met with his top advisers to plot out a new strategy. Before we started the company, we spent six months just plotting it out.

plot thickens, the

The situation is becoming increasingly complex. Originally the term was used to describe the plot of a play that was becoming byzantine in its complexity; it was so used by George Villiers in his 1672 comedy The Rehearsal (3.2). It was repeated by numerous writers and became particularly popular in mystery novels, from Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet (1887) on. Today it is often used sarcastically or ironically of some situation that is needlessly complex but scarcely meets the description of a sinister plot.

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