剥ぐ — meaning in English

English meaning

• flay verb To strip the skin from a body.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

剥ぐ is used for these senses in English:

• flay To strip the skin off; to skin.

flay — full definition

1. verb To strip the skin from a body.
2. verb To criticize someone harshly and mercilessly.

shell — full definition

1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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