Intersperse
Origin
From Latin interspersus.
Full definition of intersperse
Verb
- To mix two things irregularly, placing things of one kind among things of other:
- 1991, Frank Biocca, Television and Political Advertising: Signs, codes, and images, page 76:For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life.
- (transitive) To scatter or insert (something) into or among (other things).Mother Nature interspersed a few dandelions among the petunias, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.
- 1985, Jane Y. Murdock, Barbara V. Hartmann, Communication and language intervention program (CLIP) for individuals with moderate to severe handicaps, page 46:Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
- (transitive) To place or insert — to diversify by placing or inserting — other things among (something).Mother Nature interspersed the petunias with a few dandelions, but it was a pretty garden, anyway.