a draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.-a scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.-a method; a way of procedure; a custom.-to form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.-to scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.