grind – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grind

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to grind down sb
Participle: ground down sb
Gerund: grinding down sb

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of grind

Indicative

Present

Igrind down sb
yougrind down sb
he;she;itgrinds down sb
wegrind down sb
yougrind down sb
theygrind down sb

Perfect

Ihave ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhave ground down sb; grinded down sb
he;she;ithas ground down sb; grinded down sb
wehave ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhave ground down sb; grinded down sb
theyhave ground down sb; grinded down sb

Past

Iground down sb
youground down sb
he;she;itground down sb
weground down sb
youground down sb
theyground down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhad ground down sb; grinded down sb
he;she;ithad ground down sb; grinded down sb
wehad ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhad ground down sb; grinded down sb
theyhad ground down sb; grinded down sb

Future

Iwill grind down sb
youwill grind down sb
he;she;itwill grind down sb
wewill grind down sb
youwill grind down sb
theywill grind down sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have ground down sb; grinded down sb
youwill have ground down sb; grinded down sb
he;she;itwill have ground down sb; grinded down sb
wewill have ground down sb; grinded down sb
youwill have ground down sb; grinded down sb
theywill have ground down sb; grinded down sb

Subjunctive

Present

Igrind down sb
yougrind down sb
he;she;itgrind down sb
wegrind down sb
yougrind down sb
theygrind down sb

Perfect

Ihave ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhave ground down sb; grinded down sb
he;she;ithave ground down sb; grinded down sb
wehave ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhave ground down sb; grinded down sb
theyhave ground down sb; grinded down sb

Imperfect

Iground down sb
youground down sb
he;she;itground down sb
weground down sb
youground down sb
theyground down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhad ground down sb; grinded down sb
he;she;ithad ground down sb; grinded down sb
wehad ground down sb; grinded down sb
youhad ground down sb; grinded down sb
theyhad ground down sb; grinded down sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould grind down sb
youwould grind down sb
he;she;itwould grind down sb
wewould grind down sb
youwould grind down sb
theywould grind down sb

Perfect

Iwould have ground down sb; grinded down sb
youwould have ground down sb; grinded down sb
he;she;itwould have ground down sb; grinded down sb
wewould have ground down sb; grinded down sb
youwould have ground down sb; grinded down sb
theywould have ground down sb; grinded down sb

Imperative

yougrind down sb
weLet's grind down sb
yougrind down sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam grinding down sb
youare grinding down sb
he;she;itis grinding down sb
weare grinding down sb
youare grinding down sb
theyare grinding down sb

Perfect

Ihave been grinding down sb
youhave been grinding down sb
he;she;ithas been grinding down sb
wehave been grinding down sb
youhave been grinding down sb
theyhave been grinding down sb

Past

Iwas grinding down sb
youwere grinding down sb
he;she;itwas grinding down sb
wewere grinding down sb
youwere grinding down sb
theywere grinding down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been grinding down sb
youhad been grinding down sb
he;she;ithad been grinding down sb
wehad been grinding down sb
youhad been grinding down sb
theyhad been grinding down sb

Future

Iwill be grinding down sb
youwill be grinding down sb
he;she;itwill be grinding down sb
wewill be grinding down sb
youwill be grinding down sb
theywill be grinding down sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been grinding down sb
youwill have been grinding down sb
he;she;itwill have been grinding down sb
wewill have been grinding down sb
youwill have been grinding down sb
theywill have been grinding down sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be grinding down sb
youwould be grinding down sb
he;she;itwould be grinding down sb
wewould be grinding down sb
youwould be grinding down sb
theywould be grinding down sb

Perfect

Iwould have been grinding down sb
youwould have been grinding down sb
he;she;itwould have been grinding down sb
wewould have been grinding down sb
youwould have been grinding down sb
theywould have been grinding down sb

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'grind'

bind, fight, find, grind, overwind, rebind, regrind, unwind, wind, atwind, autowind, befight, befind, bewind, copyfight, cryogrind, debind, dogfight, fault-find, faultfind, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'grind'

grid, grin, rind, amind, bind, blind, brand, brine, bring, dring,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sharpen
whet, smooth, rub
powder
crush, pound, pulverize, triturate, file, bray, abrade, comminute
oppress
annoy, harass, persecute, plague, torment, afflict, trouble
abrade
rub, grate

Antonyms

oppress
liberate, disencumber, unburden, relieve

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb bindan (bind), grindan (grind) and windan (wind).

Etymology

1. O.E. grindan, forgrindan "destroy by crushing" (class III strong verb; past tense grand, pp. grunden), from P.Gmc. *grindanan (cf. Du. grenden), related to ground, from PIE *ghrendh- "crushing" (cf. L. frendere "to gnash the teeth," Gk. khondros "corn, grain," Lith. grendu "to scrape, scratch"). The noun sense "steady, hard work" first recorded 1851 in college student slang; the meaning "hard-working student" is Amer.Eng. slang from 1864. Grinder as a type of large sandwich is first recorded 1954. To keep one's nose to the grindstone was originally to get control of another and treat him harshly:
"This Text holdeth their noses so hard to the grindstone, that it clean disfigureth their Faces." [Frith, "Mirror to know Thyself," 1532]
The main modern (reflective) sense of "work hard" is from 1828.
2. From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”).
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”). See: Middle English 'grynden', Old English 'grindan', Proto-Germanic '*grindaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'gríende', Dutch 'grinden'.

Verbs referencing "grind"

Dutch grinden, Albanian gërdhij, Finnish with old forms grindata.

Sample Sentences

  • “ Wal, now, a feller can't help thinkin ’ it's a mighty pity to have a nice, quiet, likely feller, as good un as Tom is, go down to be fairly ground up on one of them ar sugar plantations. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] in no mood to look pleasantly on new-comers. The small village was alive with no inviting sounds; hoarse, guttural voices contending at the hand-mills where their morsel of hard corn was yet to be ground into meal, to fit it for the cake that was to constitute their only supper. From the earliest dawn of the day, they had been in the fields, pressed to work under the driving lash of the overseers; [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] good was expected and desired; and who, treated in every way like brutes, had sunk as nearly to their level as it was possible for human beings to do. To a late hour in the night the sound of the grinding was protracted; for the mills were few in number compared with the grinders, and the weary and feeble ones were driven back by the strong, and came on last in their turn. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I say, Sambo, you go to spilin ’ the hands, I'll tell Mas’r o ’ you, ” said Quimbo, who was busy at the mill, from which he had viciously driven two or three tired women, who were waiting to grind their corn. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Tom waited till a late hour, to get a place at the mills; and then, moved by the utter weariness of two women, whom he saw trying to grind their corn there, he ground for them, put together the decaying brands of the fire, where many had baked cakes before them, and then went about getting his own supper. It was a new kind of [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Tom waited till a late hour, to get a place at the mills; and then, moved by the utter weariness of two women, whom he saw trying to grind their corn there, he ground for them, put together the decaying brands of the fire, where many had baked cakes before them, and then went about getting his own supper. It was a new kind of work there,—a deed of charity, small [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)