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]
(..) The ashes of a body aren't really like ashes from a fire. Soft and silky, they're more like... pale pebbles mixed with a gritty gray gravel. I spread most of them around her grave. But some of the larger chunks... I put in my mouth... and I swallowed whole. Then I moved to Portland... (..)2014 Wild