douse 'COD: drench with liquid. ' sop 'COD: soak up liquid.' saturate 'COD: soak thoroughly with water or other liquid. ' moisturize 'COD: make (something, especially the skin) less dry.' moisten 'FN: cause to become slightly wet' souse 'COD: soak in or drench with liquid' wet 'COD: cover or touch with liquid' drench 'COD: wet thoroughly; soak' dampen 'COD: make damp' hydrate 'COD: cause to absorb or combine with water.' soak 'COD: make extremely wet'
The clothes dried wrinkled. The clothes dried. Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer. The hairdryer dried the clothes. The cotton clothes dried easily. Bill dried the clothes.
Examples from SemCor
To form spout, between two designs, dampen area slightly and gently push clay outward. Pick the flowers, keep the soil dampened, and each of the pegged-down branches will take root and become a little plant and go_on blooming for the rest of the season. He moistened his lips uneasily. Coney_Island sauce: finely chop several onions and add enough catsup to moisten well; add prepared mustard to suit taste. Check thickness of clay and build_up thin areas by moistening surface with a_little water and adding small pieces of clay.