to take food, eat, feed on SN.ii.13; SN.iii.240; SN.iv.104; AN.i.114, AN.i.295; AN.ii.40, AN.ii.145, AN.ii.206; AN.iv.167; Cnd.540#c (āhāraṃ & puttamaṃsaṃ cp. SN.ii.98).

Denom. fr. āhāra