Construing

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.

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

The carpenter is skilled in construing furniture out of wood.

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.