Devour steak for example without starter (3)
I believe the answer is:
eat
'devour' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'steak for example without starter' is the wordplay.
'steak for example' becomes 'meat' (steak is a kind of meat).
'without starter' means to remove the first letter.
'meat' with its first letter taken off is 'EAT'.
(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "to do etching?" , "get stuck in" , "put away" , "Scoff" , "tolerate in diet" .)