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 team was construing the rules to avoid any penalty.

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.

I had trouble construing the instructions for assembling the furniture.