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underplot

underplot noun: a subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.

Noun

underplot (plural underplots)

  1. A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
    • I have not been able to discover the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives.1882-89, A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV
    • Thus, again to quote Mr. Homer Smith, it has been held that 'In general the pastoral incidents serve as an underplot, utterly foreign in spirit to the main plot.'1906, Walter W. Greg, Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama
  2. A secret scheme or trick.

Verb

underplot (third-person singular simple present underplots, present participle underplotting, simple past and past participle underplotted)

  1. (intransitive) To form secret schemes or plots.

underplot meaning in Tamil and Urdu

underplot in Tamil

கதையுட்கதை, கிளைக்கதை, உட்சூழ்ச்சி

underplot in Urdu

ضمنی قصہ

Forms of underplot

Noun
pluralunderplots
Verb
third-person singular presentunderplots
present participleunderplotting
past participleunderplotted
pastunderplotted

Origin of underplot

From under- + plot.

Words formed from underplot

Questions about underplot

What does underplot mean?
Underplot means a subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
What is underplot in Tamil?
Underplot in Tamil is கதையுட்கதை, கிளைக்கதை, உட்சூழ்ச்சி. See Underplot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is underplot?
Underplot can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of underplot?
The plural of underplot is underplots.

Words near underplot in the dictionary

  1. underplatings
  2. underplay
  3. underplayed
  4. underplaying
  5. underplays
  6. underplot
  7. underplots
  8. underplotted
  9. underplotter
  10. underplotters
  11. underplotting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underplot (page history and authors); underplot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underplot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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