4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Designing \De*sign"ing\, n.
The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming
designs or plans.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Designing \De*sign"ing\, a.
Intriguing; artful; scheming; as a designing man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Design \De*sign"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p.
pr & vb n. {Designing}.] [F. d['e]signer to designate, cf
F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or
scheme; all ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de-
+ signare to mark, mark out signum mark, sign. See {Sign},
and cf {Design}, n., {Designate}.]
1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of to sketch
for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out to
draw. --Dryden.
2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to
show to point out to appoint.
We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry.
--Shak.
Meet me to-morrow where the master And this
fraternity shall design. --Beau. & Fl
3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or
scheme of to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay
out in the mind; as a man designs an essay, a poem, a
statue, or a cathedral.
4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the
remote object, but sometimes with to
Ask of politicians the end for which laws were
originally designed. --Burke.
He was designed to the study of the law. --Dryden.
Syn: To sketch; plan purpose; intend; propose; project;
mean
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
designing
adj : concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest;
"a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark
schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming
wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: {scheming}]
n : the act of working out the form of something (as by making a
sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design
of a new instrument" [syn: {design}]
more about designing
browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
or search
thesauri
dictionary
search words
|
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
|
