grind – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grind

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of grind

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)