Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
2. to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
sometimes written as 藉く
3. to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
sometimes written as 布く
4. to pin down; to hold down
5. to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
sometimes written as 布く
6. to deploy (e.g. troops)
sometimes written as 布く
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
Literary
7. to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated