1. (

• plan ,
• project ,
• contrive ,
• design ,

) make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" ;

2. (

• invent ,
• contrive ,
• devise ,
• excogitate ,
• formulate ,
• forge ,

) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" ;

3. (

• project ,
• cast ,
• contrive ,
• throw ,

) put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" ;