敷く(P);布く(sK);藉く(sK) [しく] /(v5k,vt) (1) to spread out (e.g. a futon)/to lay out/(v5k,vt) (2) (sometimes written as 藉く) to lay down (e.g. a cushion)/(v5k,vt) (3) (sometimes written as 布く) to impose widely (e.g. martial law)/to promulgate/(v5k,vt) (4) (See 尻に敷く) to pin down/to hold down/(v5k,vt) (5) (sometimes written as 布く) to lay (e.g. railway tracks)/(v5k,vt) (6) (sometimes written as 布く) to deploy (e.g. troops)/(v5k,vi) (7) (form) to spread (e.g. snow)/to be propagated/(P)/EntL1497020/