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]
(..) What? It was uploaded via an encrypted IP an hour ago. Well, get it off there! We did after nine minutes, long enough for it to be duplicated and spread. Spread? How many people have seen this? We take down one, six clones pop up elsewhere. How many people? (..)2011 TvShow: Black Mirror Title: The National Anthem Season: 1 Episode 1