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

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

The immigration officer had difficulty construing the traveler's explanation due to the language barrier.

Her construing of his words led to a misunderstanding.

I had trouble construing the instructions for assembling the furniture.