grind – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grind

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of grind

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)