A plan, a diagram, a design, esp. a ground plan of a building or of an area of land; a map, a chart; = plot, n. 3b. Now U.S.

transitive. To plan or devise (a scheme, project, etc.). to plat forth: to sketch out a plan of (something to be made). Obsolete.

transitive. To sketch out (a picture, design, etc.); to make a first or rough draft of. Also: to outline (a plan, proposal, or subject). Now rare.

transitive. To draw or make a plan of (something to be laid out, constructed, or made). Frequently with out. Also figurative.

transitive. To make a plan or map of; to draw to scale; to plot (plot, v.1 2a). Also: to divide up or determine the boundaries of (an area of land)…

To make a plan, diagram, or chart of (something existing or to be constructed); to mark out the course of (a road, etc.) on, or by means of, a…

To trace with, or as with, a line or lines; to delineate, sketch. Chiefly in combination with adverbs to line in: to put in with a hard pencil the…

(transitive) to delineate, trace in outline.

transitive. To set down or mark out (a plan) on paper; to delineate; †to describe (a geometrical figure).

To produce (a design) (design, n. 7b). transitive. (a) To make drawings for the construction or creation of (something, as a building, object…

transitive. To devise or design (something to be constructed, esp. a building).

To make a plan or sketch of; esp. to draw a preliminary plan of (something to be constructed); to design. (Sometimes draft.)