Construing

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.

His construing of the joke was different from the rest of the group's.

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

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

Her construing of his words led to a misunderstanding.

The journalist's construing of the interviewee's statement caused a stir.