the act of preparing food for eating
cooking is food which has been cooked.

the space between two points
The distance from the Earth to the Sun is millions of kilometers.

pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity
The room was a bit chilly so I plugged in the electric heater.

being new
There are a lot of fresh music bands entering the charts these days.

a unit of measurement of distance
I could run a mile in under four minutes when I was younger, but now it takes me about ten minutes.

take part in something
We have to all participate in the school’s homecoming rally.

to restore energy to, to put energy back in
I forgot to plug in my phone to recharge it, so now the battery is dead.

being disposed to mixing with other people
I am not a very social person.

the use of science to improve our knowledge of machines and everyday life
A major breakthrough in technology was the innovation of solid state circuits, which largely replaced vacuum tubes in early computers.

a song or audio unit on a CD, video or cassette tape
I liked the first track better than the second one.