What does ‘participate’ mean? To me ‘participate’ means ‘to take part in an activity.’

During ski week, I went to Big Bear and noticed that if you really take a look around, everything you do is participating in one thing or another. As you can tell by the collage of pictures I put together, I participated in the snow activities. The picture on the far left shows excitement and the thrill that went through me sledding down the hill. The picture on the top right shows the awe that I felt from the snow. Lastly, the picture on the bottom right shows the happiness I felt. Overall, I learned that participating is anything and everything and can make you feel any emotion possible.