a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended. Origin of pus. Latin.
Definition of task. 1  1a : a usually assigned piece of work often to be finished within a certain timeb : something hard or unpleasant that has to be donec : duty, function. 2  2 : subjection to adverse criticism : reprimand âused in the expressions to take, call, or bring to task.
TasksÂ¶ â. Tasks are the main unit of work in a Rakefile. Tasks have a name (usually given as a symbol or a string), a list of prerequisites (more symbols or strings) and a list of actions (given as a block). A task is declared by using the task method. task takes a single parameter that is the name of the task.