The Clue
Hoeing the garden, e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TASK
Tags
Notes
The answer TASK is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Assignment
Charge
Chore
___ force
Job
Mission
Stint
Agenda item
Agenda unit
Big to-do?
Difficult obligation
Job to do
Kind of force
Kind of master
Master beginner
Something to do
Take to ___ (reprimand)
Tall order
Tough job
Type of force
Type of master
What to do
What to do?
Work to do
Item on a to-do list
It's a piece of work
A real piece of work
Unpleasant thing to be taken to
Definition
TASK as a noun:
1. (undertaking, project, task, labor) = any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
2. (job, task, chore) = a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "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"
TASK as a verb:
1. assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
2. (tax, task) = use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"