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, you wanna hear about the showers? Is that what you wanna hear about? Did something happen to you? No. - Okay, let's do this. Come on, spread them. - Hey, you think you can pop somebody... ...and there's a special card to play? Jimmy Bags, whose jaw you broke... ...happens to work undercover (..)2006 The Departed