敷く

しく

to spread out (e.g. a futon)

N2 #10,009

Meanings

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

Its kanji

In sentences

パンにチーズを敷しいた。 I spread cheese on bread. #11625309

床とこにカーペットを敷しいた。 They laid the carpet on the floor. #146481

机つくえのしたにカーペットを敷しいた。 I put down a rug under my desk. #183468

地獄じごくへの道みちは善意ぜんいで敷しかれている。 The road to hell is paved with good intentions. #126916