[di-zahyn] 
| 1. | to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), esp. to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge. |
| 2. | to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully. |
| 3. | to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students. |
| 4. | to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape. |
| 5. | to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor. |
| 6. | Obsolete. to mark out, as by a sign; indicate. |
| 7. | to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans. |
| 8. | to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc. |
| 9. | an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed. |
| 10. | organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition. |
| 11. | the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of artistic work: the design on a bracelet. |
| 12. | the art of designing: a school of design. |
| 13. | a plan or project: a design for a new process. |
| 14. | a plot or intrigue, esp. an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him. |
| 15. | designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives: He had designs on his partner's stock. |
| 16. | intention; purpose; end. |
| 17. | adaptation of means to a preconceived end. |
