Handiwork and Task

noun

• A work produced by hand labor.
  • synonyms: handicraft, handcraft, handwork

(n.) Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.

noun

• Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
  • usage: "he prepared for great undertakings"
  • synonyms: undertaking, project, labor
• A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.
  • usage: "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
  • synonyms: job, chore

verb

• Assign a task to.
  • usage: "I tasked him with looking after the children"
• Use to the limit.
  • usage: "you are taxing my patience"
  • synonyms: tax

• (v.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
• (v.) Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
• (v.t.) To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
• (v.t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
• (v.t.) To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor or duty to.