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rudiment
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As a noun, rudiment means a fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning. As a verb, it means ground.
Meanings of rudiment
6 meaningsnoun
often in the pluralA fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
“We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.”
often in the pluralA form that lacks full or complex development.
“I have the rudiments of an escape plan.”
biologyA body part that no longer has a function
musicIn percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of lifebody
“Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac”
verb
To ground; to settle in first principles.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).