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designing
1. adj. artful; scheming
a designing man
2. n. A process of design.
design
1. n. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
2. n. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
3. n. The composition of a work of art.
4. n. Intention or plot.
To be hateful of the truth by design.
5. n. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
6. n. The art of designing
Danish furniture design is world-famous.
7. v. To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.
9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
10. v. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

Example Sentences

The higher classes constitute the mind of the single large whole of humanity; the lower classes constitute its limbs; the former are the thinking and designing part, the latter the executive part.  When we started out designing web pages, we were the only ones doing it in this part of the country.

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