Algodoo

When you get grounded, it could mean one of many things:

1. When you are grounded during a lightning strike, the lightning will surge through your body and will vaporize your blood within just a few milliseconds. If you are lucky you will become unconscious and die before your brain registers any pain.

2. Your mother made you stay home while your friends were out partying and they were all talking about you being grounded.

3. You are actually quite intelligent (isn't that a surprise!) and you thoroughly learned a new subject. That means you are "well grounded" in that subject.

4. I can't think of any other ways you can be grounded. If anyone else can think of more ways to be grounded, please add them here in the comments.

Oh, by the way, your scene shows a person getting "ground" by gears. It's a different word from "grounded".