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]
(..) Harry Potter must say he's not going back to school. l can't. Hogwarts is my home. Then Dobby must do it, sir, for Harry Potter's own good. lt spread as far as the eye could see, all over the floor of this building. One plumber said, ''Look at all that water. '' The second plumber said, (..)2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets