Construing

The gardener was construing a greenhouse to grow exotic plants.

The baker is construing a cake with layers of cream and chocolate.

I am construing from your silence that you don't want to go out.

The philosopher is construing the text to uncover its philosophical implications.

The audience was construing the speaker's message in different ways.

He is construing her words as a challenge to his authority.

The philosopher spent his entire career construing the meaning of existence.

Her construing of his words led to a misunderstanding.

The philosopher was construing the text to develop a theory.

The philosopher is construing the text to derive a new meaning from it.

The philosopher is construing the meaning of life through his theories.