Another word for spreading

He grabbed a butter knife and began spreading jelly on a biscuit.

The right to representation is spreading around the world.

Presently they came to a low plant which had broad, spreading leaves, in the center of which grew a single fruit about as large as a peach.

"Jerome likes me to wear this," she said by way of apology, spreading her hands to feel the fabric of the old dress.

As his gaze strolled over her face, a smile developed slowly - first in his eyes and then spreading to the corners of his mouth.