Construing

I am construing from your silence that you don't want to go out.

His construing of the joke was different from the rest of the group's.

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.

Her construing of his words led to a misunderstanding.

I had trouble construing the instructions for assembling the furniture.