Construing

The gardener was construing a greenhouse to grow exotic plants.

The carpenter was construing a bookshelf for the library.

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.

The children were having fun construing sandcastles on the beach.

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

The carpenter is skilled in construing furniture out of wood.

Her construing of his words led to a misunderstanding.

I had trouble construing the instructions for assembling the furniture.