task
n
1 assignment, business, charge, chore, duty, employment, enterprise, exercise, job, labour, mission, occupation, toil, undertaking, work
2 take to task bawl out (informal) blame, blast, carpet (informal) censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal) criticize, give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) lambast(e), lecture, read the riot act, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tear into (informal) tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal) tell off (informal) upbraid
vb
3 assign to, charge, entrust
4 burden, exhaust, load, lumber (Brit. informal) oppress, overload, push, saddle, strain, tax, test, weary