If your garden is overflowing, be a good neighbor and 'spread the wealth'. [=give some of what is growing in your garden to neighbors]
He's known as a comic actor, but he's 'spreading his wings' and trying a serious role in his new movie.
The plant will 'spread'. [=the plant will produce more plants in the area around it]
(..) You might have a gift for the mystic arts, but you still have much to learn. Word of the Ancient One's death will spread through the multiverse. Earth has no Sorcerer Supreme to defend it. - We must be ready. - We'll be ready. So, Earth has wizards now, huh? (..)2016 Doctor Strange