grind – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grind

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to grind away
Participle: ground away
Gerund: grinding away

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of grind

Indicative

Present

Igrind away
yougrind away
he;she;itgrinds away
wegrind away
yougrind away
theygrind away

Perfect

Ihave ground away; grinded away
youhave ground away; grinded away
he;she;ithas ground away; grinded away
wehave ground away; grinded away
youhave ground away; grinded away
theyhave ground away; grinded away

Past

Iground away
youground away
he;she;itground away
weground away
youground away
theyground away

Pluperfect

Ihad ground away; grinded away
youhad ground away; grinded away
he;she;ithad ground away; grinded away
wehad ground away; grinded away
youhad ground away; grinded away
theyhad ground away; grinded away

Future

Iwill grind away
youwill grind away
he;she;itwill grind away
wewill grind away
youwill grind away
theywill grind away

Future Perfect

Iwill have ground away; grinded away
youwill have ground away; grinded away
he;she;itwill have ground away; grinded away
wewill have ground away; grinded away
youwill have ground away; grinded away
theywill have ground away; grinded away

Subjunctive

Present

Igrind away
yougrind away
he;she;itgrind away
wegrind away
yougrind away
theygrind away

Perfect

Ihave ground away; grinded away
youhave ground away; grinded away
he;she;ithave ground away; grinded away
wehave ground away; grinded away
youhave ground away; grinded away
theyhave ground away; grinded away

Imperfect

Iground away
youground away
he;she;itground away
weground away
youground away
theyground away

Pluperfect

Ihad ground away; grinded away
youhad ground away; grinded away
he;she;ithad ground away; grinded away
wehad ground away; grinded away
youhad ground away; grinded away
theyhad ground away; grinded away

Conditional

Present

Iwould grind away
youwould grind away
he;she;itwould grind away
wewould grind away
youwould grind away
theywould grind away

Perfect

Iwould have ground away; grinded away
youwould have ground away; grinded away
he;she;itwould have ground away; grinded away
wewould have ground away; grinded away
youwould have ground away; grinded away
theywould have ground away; grinded away

Imperative

yougrind away
weLet's grind away
yougrind away

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam grinding away
youare grinding away
he;she;itis grinding away
weare grinding away
youare grinding away
theyare grinding away

Perfect

Ihave been grinding away
youhave been grinding away
he;she;ithas been grinding away
wehave been grinding away
youhave been grinding away
theyhave been grinding away

Past

Iwas grinding away
youwere grinding away
he;she;itwas grinding away
wewere grinding away
youwere grinding away
theywere grinding away

Pluperfect

Ihad been grinding away
youhad been grinding away
he;she;ithad been grinding away
wehad been grinding away
youhad been grinding away
theyhad been grinding away

Future

Iwill be grinding away
youwill be grinding away
he;she;itwill be grinding away
wewill be grinding away
youwill be grinding away
theywill be grinding away

Future Perfect

Iwill have been grinding away
youwill have been grinding away
he;she;itwill have been grinding away
wewill have been grinding away
youwill have been grinding away
theywill have been grinding away

Conditional

Present

Iwould be grinding away
youwould be grinding away
he;she;itwould be grinding away
wewould be grinding away
youwould be grinding away
theywould be grinding away

Perfect

Iwould have been grinding away
youwould have been grinding away
he;she;itwould have been grinding away
wewould have been grinding away
youwould have been grinding away
theywould have been grinding away

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)