What is the meaning of designing?

noun

• The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan. )
  • usage: "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"
  • synonyms: design

verb

• Make or work out a plan for; devise.
  • usage: "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
  • synonyms: plan, project, contrive, design
• Plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect.
  • usage: "This room is not designed for work"
  • synonyms: design
• Create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.
  • usage: "Chanel designed the famous suit"
  • synonyms: design
• Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form.
  • usage: "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"
  • synonyms: design, plan
• Create designs.
  • usage: "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"
  • synonyms: design
• Conceive or fashion in the mind; invent.
  • usage: "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"
  • synonyms: design
• Intend or have as a purpose.
  • usage: "She designed to go far in the world of business"
  • synonyms: design

adjective

• Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest.
  • usage: "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue- W. Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"
  • synonyms: scheming