Meaning

• One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

  "Letters are the elements of written language."

• A small part of the whole.

  "an element of doubt;  an element of the picture"

• The sky.

• (with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

  "exposed to the elements"

• A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.

  "to be in one's element"

• (usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.

• A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

  "You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches."

• A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.

  "The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute."

• One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.

Meaning

• To compound of elements.

• To constitute and be the elements of.