敷く

Meaning

1. v5kvt
   to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
2. v5kvt
   to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
3. v5kvt
   to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
4. v5kvt
   to pin down; to hold down
5. v5kvt
   to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
6. v5kvt
   to deploy (e.g. troops)
7. v5kvi
   to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated

Example sentences

• 二つ折りにしたクッションを枕代わりに、僕はフローリングの上にカーペットを敷いただけの固い床へと横になる。

  Using a doubled-up cushion in place of a pillow I lie down on the hard wooden floor with nothing but a carpet spread over it.

• 母はベッドに綺麗なシーツを敷いた。

  My mother put clean sheets on the bed.

• 彼女は夫を尻に敷いている。

  She dominates her husband.