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.

The company was construing a new building for its employees.

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 musician was construing the melody to compose a new song.

The musician is construing the lyrics of the song as a metaphor for lost love.