Devour steak say without starter (3)
I believe the answer is:
eat
'devour' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'steak say without starter' is the wordplay.
'steak say' becomes 'meat' (steak is a kind of meat).
'without starter' means to remove the first letter.
'meat' with its initial letter removed is 'EAT'.
(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "Consume for tea" , "Do cats - bats? Do bats - cats? (Alice in Wonderland)" , "to do etching?" , "Feed" , "Bit, chew and swallow" .)