1
to tear off;to peel off;to rip off;to strip off;to skin;to flay;to bark
少年は木の皮を剥いだ。
The boy stripped a tree of the bark.
2
only applies to
はぐ
to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.);to deprive of;to divest of
Other forms
剝ぐ 【はぐ】 (rarely used kanji form) · 折ぐ 【はぐ】 (rarely used kanji form)