The meaning of Intersperse

verb

Cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects.

Usage examples:

The court was all bestrewn with herbs

verb

To lie covering a surface, or to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement

Usage examples:

During the festival, the city streets are bestrewn with flowers.

verb

Distribute or spread over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes

adjective

Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid.

Usage examples:

Emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase

verb

To scatter or move away over a large area, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] it took several hours for the crowd to disperse.

verb

Give a share or a unit of (something) to each of a number of recipients.

Usage examples:

Information leaflets are being distributed to hotels

verb

Give to several people

verb

To divide something among several or many people, or to spread or scatter something over an area

Usage examples:

Food and clothing are being distributed among/to the flood victims., shopping malls are widely dist…

noun

A small round mark or spot.

Usage examples:

A symbol depicted in coloured dots

verb

Mark with a small spot or spots.

Usage examples:

Wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt

noun

A dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband.

noun

Rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place.

Usage examples:

Always clear up after a picnic and never drop litter

verb

Make (a place or area) untidy with rubbish or a large number of objects left lying about.

Usage examples:

Clothes and newspapers littered the floor

noun

Pieces of paper and other small objects that have been thrown out and are left on the ground in public places

Usage examples:

The park was littered with bottles and soda cans after the concert.

noun

A pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food.

Usage examples:

Season to taste with salt and pepper

verb

Sprinkle or season (food) with pepper.

Usage examples:

I salted and peppered the beef before i browned it

noun

A black or cream-colored spice, often used in powdered form, that gives a spicy hot taste to food

Usage examples:

The mayor was peppered with questions from reporters about the municipal corruption scandal., he pe…

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

noun

A small, dispersed amount of something.

Usage examples:

A scatter of boulders round the pothole mouth

verb

Cause to separate and go in different directions

verb

Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

Usage examples:

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

noun

The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Usage examples:

Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease

verb

Distribute or disperse widely

verb

Cover (an object or surface) with small drops or particles of a substance.

Usage examples:

I sprinkled the floor with water

noun

A small quantity or amount of something scattered over an object or surface.

Usage examples:

A generous sprinkle of pepper

verb

Scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area.

Usage examples:

A small room with newspapers strewn all over the floor

verb

To scatter things over a surface

Usage examples:

The park was strewn with litter after the concert.