intersperse

[US]/ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/
[UK]/ˌɪntərˈspɜːrs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. scatter or distribute among or between other things; place here and there.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularintersperses
Present Participleinterspersing
Past Participleinterspersed
Past Tenseinterspersed
Pluralintersperses

Example Sentences

interspersed red and blue tiles on the walls; intersperse praise with constructive criticism.

Bushes were interspersed among trees.

The grass was interspersed with beds of flowers.

interspersed lamp fixtures on the large ceiling; a newspaper section that was interspersed with advertisements.

a patchwork of open fields interspersed with copses of pine.

The lawn is interspersed with flower-beds in the shape of five-point stars.

interspersed between tragic stories are a few songs supplying comic relief.

Numerous goblet cells containing abundant mucigen granules interspersed among the columnar cells.

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