intersperse
verb
[ ɪntəˈspəːs ]
• scatter among or between other things; place here and there.
• "deep pools interspersed by shallow shingle banks"
Similar:
scatter,
distribute,
disperse,
spread,
strew,
dot,
sprinkle,
pepper,
litter,
bestrew,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘diversify (something) by introducing other things at intervals’): from Latin interspers- ‘scattered between’, from interspergere, from inter- ‘between’ + spargere ‘scatter’.
