grind – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grind

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to grind to a halt
Participle: ground to a halt
Gerund: grinding to a halt

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of grind

Indicative

Present

Igrind to a halt
yougrind to a halt
he;she;itgrinds to a halt
wegrind to a halt
yougrind to a halt
theygrind to a halt

Perfect

Ihave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
he;she;ithas ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
wehave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
theyhave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt

Past

Iground to a halt
youground to a halt
he;she;itground to a halt
weground to a halt
youground to a halt
theyground to a halt

Pluperfect

Ihad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
he;she;ithad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
wehad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
theyhad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt

Future

Iwill grind to a halt
youwill grind to a halt
he;she;itwill grind to a halt
wewill grind to a halt
youwill grind to a halt
theywill grind to a halt

Future Perfect

Iwill have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youwill have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
he;she;itwill have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
wewill have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youwill have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
theywill have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt

Subjunctive

Present

Igrind to a halt
yougrind to a halt
he;she;itgrind to a halt
wegrind to a halt
yougrind to a halt
theygrind to a halt

Perfect

Ihave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
he;she;ithave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
wehave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
theyhave ground to a halt; grinded to a halt

Imperfect

Iground to a halt
youground to a halt
he;she;itground to a halt
weground to a halt
youground to a halt
theyground to a halt

Pluperfect

Ihad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
he;she;ithad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
wehad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youhad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
theyhad ground to a halt; grinded to a halt

Conditional

Present

Iwould grind to a halt
youwould grind to a halt
he;she;itwould grind to a halt
wewould grind to a halt
youwould grind to a halt
theywould grind to a halt

Perfect

Iwould have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youwould have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
he;she;itwould have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
wewould have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
youwould have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt
theywould have ground to a halt; grinded to a halt

Imperative

yougrind to a halt
weLet's grind to a halt
yougrind to a halt

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam grinding to a halt
youare grinding to a halt
he;she;itis grinding to a halt
weare grinding to a halt
youare grinding to a halt
theyare grinding to a halt

Perfect

Ihave been grinding to a halt
youhave been grinding to a halt
he;she;ithas been grinding to a halt
wehave been grinding to a halt
youhave been grinding to a halt
theyhave been grinding to a halt

Past

Iwas grinding to a halt
youwere grinding to a halt
he;she;itwas grinding to a halt
wewere grinding to a halt
youwere grinding to a halt
theywere grinding to a halt

Pluperfect

Ihad been grinding to a halt
youhad been grinding to a halt
he;she;ithad been grinding to a halt
wehad been grinding to a halt
youhad been grinding to a halt
theyhad been grinding to a halt

Future

Iwill be grinding to a halt
youwill be grinding to a halt
he;she;itwill be grinding to a halt
wewill be grinding to a halt
youwill be grinding to a halt
theywill be grinding to a halt

Future Perfect

Iwill have been grinding to a halt
youwill have been grinding to a halt
he;she;itwill have been grinding to a halt
wewill have been grinding to a halt
youwill have been grinding to a halt
theywill have been grinding to a halt

Conditional

Present

Iwould be grinding to a halt
youwould be grinding to a halt
he;she;itwould be grinding to a halt
wewould be grinding to a halt
youwould be grinding to a halt
theywould be grinding to a halt

Perfect

Iwould have been grinding to a halt
youwould have been grinding to a halt
he;she;itwould have been grinding to a halt
wewould have been grinding to a halt
youwould have been grinding to a halt
theywould have been grinding to a halt

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)