roping - capturing cattle or horses with a lasso

work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

corvee - unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes

donkeywork, drudgery, plodding, grind - hard monotonous routine work

elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

hunting, hunt - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

hackwork - professional work done according to formula

haymaking - cutting grass and curing it to make hay

manual labor, manual labour - labor done with the hands

overwork, overworking - the act working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"

slavery - work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"