Godan verb with 'gu' ending, Transitive verb
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. to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
Also written 剝ぐ【はぐ】、折ぐ【へぐ】