[skeem] 
noun, verb, schemed, schem⋅ing.| 1. | a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project. |
| 2. | an underhand plot; intrigue. |
| 3. | a visionary or impractical project. |
| 4. | a body or system of related doctrines, theories, etc.: a scheme of philosophy. |
| 5. | any system of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of its arrangement. |
| 6. | a plan, program, or policy officially adopted and followed, as by a government or business: The company's pension scheme is very successful. |
| 7. | an analytical or tabular statement. |
| 8. | a diagram, map, or the like. |
| 9. | an astrological diagram of the heavens. |
| 10. | to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive. |
| 11. | to lay schemes; devise plans; plot. |
