Maana ya kamusi ya neno "kuacha" inaweza kutofautiana kulingana na muktadha ambamo limetumika. Hapa kuna baadhi ya ufafanuzi unaowezekana:
Kupungua kwa kasi au kupungua kwa wingi au ubora. Mfano: "Kumekuwa na kushuka kwa mauzo tangu mshindani mpya aingie sokoni."
Mahali ambapo watu wanaweza kushushwa, mara nyingi hurejelea eneo lililotengwa kwa usafiri kama vile basi au kituo cha gari moshi. Mfano: "Njia ya kuteremsha ndege ya uwanja wa ndege iko kwenye lango kuu."
Kitendo cha kuacha kitu, kama vile mtu au kitu. Mfano: "Nitashuka haraka kwenye ofisi ya posta kabla ya kuelekea kazini."
Kupungua kwa ghafla kwa nishati au tahadhari, mara nyingi hutumiwa kuelezea hisia ya uchovu au usingizi. Mfano: "Baada ya siku ndefu ya kazi, nilikumbana na kushuka kwa tija."
1. Another glance at the drop-off and then back at the tables.
2. At five thirty, I saw the Brookside associate activities director walking past the drop-off.
3. My plan, once we knew the drop-off location, had been to pick a spot from which to take pictures of whoever picked up the backpack.
4. All shot into the rocky drop-off, beyond where I could see.
5. There was a short drop-off, maybe three feet or so, to a sandy beach, and about a hundred yards farther out, the Pacific.
6. Fenway walked to the edge of the drop-off and stopped.
7. Her foot skidded on a sudden drop-off, and she gasped, clinging to the tree.
8. A few feet away from the drop-off, was a young woman who stood, brushing herself off.
9. Some stepped out of family cars in the drop-off zone, proceeding feebly yet upright, toward help.
10. They finished eating and carried their trays over to the drop-off counter.