# noun. - a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made. * he has just unveiled his design for the new museum - an arrangement of lines or shapes created to form a pattern or decoration. * pottery with a lovely blue and white design - purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an action, fact, or material object. * the appearance of design in the universe
# verb. - decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it. * a number of architectural students were designing a factory