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The act of a bird or plane propelling itself through air is called flying, and the act of moving down the street in a car is driving, so what is it called when submarines move through water? Can't be swimming right?
Come to think of it what is a boat doing when it moves across the surface of the water? Boating? Do boats boat?
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2016-10-17 14:47:49
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What does this thing do?
Warping?Impulsing?
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>>1018636
>and the act of moving down the street in a car is driving,
Wrong. Driving is an act of operating a motorized vehicle, not the act o a motorize vehicle propelling itself
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>>1018639
Oh shit, then what the fuck does a car do?
Why do we say we're driving a car when really we're riding in it and the engine drives it, but we say riding a bike when we're actually driving the bike by peddling.
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>>1018638
floats on water
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>Oh shit, then what the fuck does a car do?
Propells. Same applies to a bike, submarine and a ship.
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>>1018636
OP, the most general answer to your questions is "sail" as in:
>The Nautilus sailed under the North Pole in 1958.
Any watercraft is said to sail, regardless of its mode of propulsion. The verb "cruise" could be used very similarly.
If you want a specific verb, submarines are said to "run" underwater as in "run silent, run deep" - but this implies the use of a submarine for war/smuggling and is related to the use of "run" as in "running a blockade".
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