designing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: designing	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for designing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): designing, 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" Synonym(s): design, designing
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[82]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Designing \Design"ing\, a. Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing* man.
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.