- scale drawing of a structure
"the plans for City Hall were on file"

- an arrangement scheme
"the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"
"it was an excellent design for living"
"a plan for seating guests"

- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
"they drew up a six-step plan"
"they discussed plans for a new bond issue"

- make plans for something
"He is planning a trip with his family"

- have the will and intention to carry out some action
"He plans to be in graduate school next year"
"The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"

- make or work out a plan for

- devise
"They contrived to murder their boss"
"design a new sales strategy"
"plan an attack"

- make a design of

- plan out in systematic, often graphic form
"design a better mousetrap"
"plan the new wing of the museum"

1. 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.

2. 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.

"God's plans like lines pure and white unfold." -- M. R. Smith.

3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

"The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." -- Wordsworth.

Body plan
Floor plan
etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.

Syn. -- Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.

1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.

2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

"Even in penance, planning sins anew." -- Goldsmith.