"feel the burn" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-feel the burn.wav Forms: feels the burn [present, singular, third-person], feeling the burn [participle, present], felt the burn [participle, past], felt the burn [past]
Etymology: The phrase was popularized by actress Jane Fonda in her highly successful 1980s aerobic exercise videotapes. Head templates: {{en-verb|feel<,,felt> the burn}} feel the burn (third-person singular simple present feels the burn, present participle feeling the burn, simple past and past participle felt the burn)
  1. (sports) To feel the burning sensation arising in a muscle being intensely exercised; often used as an exhortation to extend oneself in physical exercise. Categories (topical): Sports, Pain
    Sense id: en-feel_the_burn-en-verb-IczCW5DR Disambiguation of Pain: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English predicates: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (sex) To feel the vaginal or anal pleasure or burn felt during sexual intercourse. Categories (topical): Sex, Pain
    Sense id: en-feel_the_burn-en-verb-TdUlp-yB Disambiguation of Pain: 46 54 Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 49 51 Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feel the Bern Related terms: no pain, no gain

Inflected forms

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