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# intersperse

verb (intersperses, interspersed, interspersing)

«intersperse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To scatter or place things here and there among other things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intersperse/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales jewels, flowers or songs are set among sand, grass or sections of a story, so the story is broken up with them

### Examples

- Flowers were interspersed among the green bushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intersperse/#x1)
- The story is interspersed with songs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intersperse/#x2)
- Trees were interspersed with the tall grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intersperse/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «intersperse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intersperse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«intersperse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intersperse.html) on Mova free.