食む

はむ【食む】

1 〔食う〕 eat; feed on…; live on [upon]…; (草を) graze on; (えじきとする) prey on….

●獣類相(_あい)食む. Animals [Beasts] prey on [feed on, devour] one another.

2 〔禄などを〕 receive.

●高給を食む receive [be paid] a high salary [wage]

・禄を食む receive a stipend 《of 100 koku of rice》; live on (income from) one's fief.