underplot — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

1. A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.

   Exemples

   I have not been able to discover the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives.

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   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.'

2. A secret scheme or trick.

Verbe

1. To form secret schemes or plots.

   Usage

   • intransitif