Past tense of grind
irregular verb
The past tense of grind is ground or grinded. The past participle is also ground or grinded.
Forms of grind
| Base form (V1) | grind /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ground /ɡɹaʊnd/ grinded /ˈɡɹaɪndɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | ground /ɡɹaʊnd/ grinded /ˈɡɹaɪndɪd/ |
| Present participle | grinding /ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | grinds /ɡɹaɪndz/ |
Ground and grinded in a sentence
- He ground against her until he was muttering curses, his kiss rougher than before.2016 August 16, Heather McGovern, A Moment of Bliss, Lyrical Press, →ISBN
- Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.From the entry work
- If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.From the entry ground
- Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.From the entry mill
- The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.From the entry quack
Meaning of grind
- verb To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- verb To shape with the force of friction.
- verb To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
Verbs like grind
Questions about the past tense of grind
- What is the past tense of grind?
- The past tense of grind is ground or grinded.
- What is the past participle of grind?
- The past participle of grind is ground or grinded.
- Is grind a regular or irregular verb?
- Grind is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grind (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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