<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE LexicalResource SYSTEM "http://globalwordnet.github.io/schemas/WN-LMF-relaxed-1.4.dtd">
<LexicalResource xmlns:dc="https://globalwordnet.github.io/schemas/dc/">
  <Lexicon id="oewn" label="Open English Wordnet" language="en" email="english-wordnet@googlegroups.com" license="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" version="2024" url="https://github.com/globalwordnet/english-wordnet">
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-break-v">
      <Lemma writtenForm="break" partOfSpeech="v"/>
      <Form writtenForm="broke"/>
      <Form writtenForm="broken"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-break-v-00390886-v" synset="oewn-00390886-v" dc:identifier="break%2:30:09::"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-damp-v">
      <Lemma writtenForm="damp" partOfSpeech="v">
        <Pronunciation>dæmp</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-damp-v-00390886-v" synset="oewn-00390886-v" dc:identifier="damp%2:30:00::">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-damper-n-03166391-n"/>
        <SenseRelation relType="instrument" target="oewn-damper-n-03166391-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-dampen-v">
      <Lemma writtenForm="dampen" partOfSpeech="v">
        <Pronunciation>ˈdæmpən</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-dampen-v-00390886-v" synset="oewn-00390886-v" dc:identifier="dampen%2:30:00::"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-soften-v">
      <Lemma writtenForm="soften" partOfSpeech="v">
        <Pronunciation variety="GB">ˈsɒfən</Pronunciation>
        <Pronunciation variety="US">ˈsɔfən</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-soften-v-00390886-v" synset="oewn-00390886-v" dc:identifier="soften%2:30:02::"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-weaken-v">
      <Lemma writtenForm="weaken" partOfSpeech="v">
        <Pronunciation variety="US">ˈwikən</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-weaken-v-00390886-v" synset="oewn-00390886-v" dc:identifier="weaken%2:30:04::">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-weakener-n-09499651-n"/>
        <SenseRelation relType="by_means_of" target="oewn-weakener-n-09499651-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <Synset id="oewn-00390886-v" ili="i23681" partOfSpeech="v" members="oewn-dampen-v oewn-damp-v oewn-soften-v oewn-weaken-v oewn-break-v" lexfile="verb.change">
      <Definition language="en">lessen in force or effect</Definition>
      <SynsetRelation relType="hypernym" target="oewn-00192383-v"/>
      <SynsetRelation relType="hyponym" target="oewn-00317191-v"/>
      <SynsetRelation relType="hyponym" target="oewn-00391231-v"/>
      <Example language="en">soften a shock</Example>
      <Example language="en">break a fall</Example>
    </Synset>
  </Lexicon>
</LexicalResource>