Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く)
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
3. to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
Kanji used
spread out
Pitch accent
Top 2900
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
to encamp; to take up a position
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
to crown beauty with even greater beauty
to promulgate a law
Examples (6 in total)
I spread cheese on the bread.
They laid the carpet on the floor.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.