intersperse something between something
- intersperse something between something
intersperse something between something
to place things between other things, perhaps regularly or in a pattern. •
We interspersed an onion plant between each pair of plants.
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Onions had been interspersed between every two marigold plants.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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Intersperse — In ter*sperse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interspersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interspersing}.] [L. interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to scatter. See {Sparse}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To scatter or set here and there among other things; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
between — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) In the space separating two things Nouns 1. (act of lying between) interjacence, intervenience, interlocation, interpenetration; interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation; … English dictionary for students
intersperse — in|ter|sperse [ˌıntəˈspə:s US tərˈspə:rs] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: interspersus interspersed , from sparsus; SPARSE] 1.) be interspersed with sth if something is interspersed with a particular kind of thing, it has … Dictionary of contemporary English
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Interspersed — Intersperse In ter*sperse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interspersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interspersing}.] [L. interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to scatter. See {Sparse}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To scatter or set here and there among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Interspersing — Intersperse In ter*sperse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interspersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interspersing}.] [L. interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to scatter. See {Sparse}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To scatter or set here and there among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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