grind – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grind

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to grind out sth
Participle: ground out sth
Gerund: grinding out sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of grind

Indicative

Present

Igrind out sth
yougrind out sth
he;she;itgrinds out sth
wegrind out sth
yougrind out sth
theygrind out sth

Perfect

Ihave ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhave ground out sth; grinded out sth
he;she;ithas ground out sth; grinded out sth
wehave ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhave ground out sth; grinded out sth
theyhave ground out sth; grinded out sth

Past

Iground out sth
youground out sth
he;she;itground out sth
weground out sth
youground out sth
theyground out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhad ground out sth; grinded out sth
he;she;ithad ground out sth; grinded out sth
wehad ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhad ground out sth; grinded out sth
theyhad ground out sth; grinded out sth

Future

Iwill grind out sth
youwill grind out sth
he;she;itwill grind out sth
wewill grind out sth
youwill grind out sth
theywill grind out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have ground out sth; grinded out sth
youwill have ground out sth; grinded out sth
he;she;itwill have ground out sth; grinded out sth
wewill have ground out sth; grinded out sth
youwill have ground out sth; grinded out sth
theywill have ground out sth; grinded out sth

Subjunctive

Present

Igrind out sth
yougrind out sth
he;she;itgrind out sth
wegrind out sth
yougrind out sth
theygrind out sth

Perfect

Ihave ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhave ground out sth; grinded out sth
he;she;ithave ground out sth; grinded out sth
wehave ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhave ground out sth; grinded out sth
theyhave ground out sth; grinded out sth

Imperfect

Iground out sth
youground out sth
he;she;itground out sth
weground out sth
youground out sth
theyground out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhad ground out sth; grinded out sth
he;she;ithad ground out sth; grinded out sth
wehad ground out sth; grinded out sth
youhad ground out sth; grinded out sth
theyhad ground out sth; grinded out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould grind out sth
youwould grind out sth
he;she;itwould grind out sth
wewould grind out sth
youwould grind out sth
theywould grind out sth

Perfect

Iwould have ground out sth; grinded out sth
youwould have ground out sth; grinded out sth
he;she;itwould have ground out sth; grinded out sth
wewould have ground out sth; grinded out sth
youwould have ground out sth; grinded out sth
theywould have ground out sth; grinded out sth

Imperative

yougrind out sth
weLet's grind out sth
yougrind out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam grinding out sth
youare grinding out sth
he;she;itis grinding out sth
weare grinding out sth
youare grinding out sth
theyare grinding out sth

Perfect

Ihave been grinding out sth
youhave been grinding out sth
he;she;ithas been grinding out sth
wehave been grinding out sth
youhave been grinding out sth
theyhave been grinding out sth

Past

Iwas grinding out sth
youwere grinding out sth
he;she;itwas grinding out sth
wewere grinding out sth
youwere grinding out sth
theywere grinding out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been grinding out sth
youhad been grinding out sth
he;she;ithad been grinding out sth
wehad been grinding out sth
youhad been grinding out sth
theyhad been grinding out sth

Future

Iwill be grinding out sth
youwill be grinding out sth
he;she;itwill be grinding out sth
wewill be grinding out sth
youwill be grinding out sth
theywill be grinding out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been grinding out sth
youwill have been grinding out sth
he;she;itwill have been grinding out sth
wewill have been grinding out sth
youwill have been grinding out sth
theywill have been grinding out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be grinding out sth
youwould be grinding out sth
he;she;itwould be grinding out sth
wewould be grinding out sth
youwould be grinding out sth
theywould be grinding out sth

Perfect

Iwould have been grinding out sth
youwould have been grinding out sth
he;she;itwould have been grinding out sth
wewould have been grinding out sth
youwould have been grinding out sth
theywould have been grinding out sth

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)