Parrot given material to consume (6)
I believe the answer is:
repeat
'parrot' is the definition.
(I know that parrot is a more specific form of the action repeat)
'given material to consume' is the wordplay.
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'material' becomes 'rep' (rep is a kind of material).
'to consume' becomes 'eat' (eating is a kind of consuming).
'rep' next to 'eat' is 'REPEAT'.
(Other definitions for repeat that I've seen before include "Ditto" , "Iterate" , "Say again, or burp" , "old TV show" , "Divulge" .)