'Each' definitions:

Definition of 'each'

From: WordNet
adverb
To or from every one of two or more (considered individually); "they received $10 each" [syn: each, to each one, for each one, from each one, apiece]
adjective
(used of count nouns) every one considered individually; "each person is mortal"; "each party is welcome"

Definition of 'Each'

From: GCIDE
  • Each \Each\ ([=e]ch), a. or a. pron. [OE. eche, [ae]lc, elk, ilk, AS. [ae]lc; [=a] always + gel[imac]c like; akin to OD. iegelik, OHG. [=e]ogil[imac]h, MHG. iegel[imac]ch, G. jeglich. [root]209. See 3d Aye, Like, and cf. Either, Every, Ilk.]
  • 1. Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you. "Each of the combatants." --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: To each corresponds other. "Let each esteem other better than himself." Each other, used elliptically for each the other. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty, each to assist the other, each being in the nominative and other in the objective case. [1913 Webster]
  • It is a bad thing that men should hate each other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Let each His adamantine coat gird well. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • In each cheek appears a pretty dimple. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Then draw we nearer day by day, Each to his brethren, all to God. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • The oak and the elm have each a distinct character. --Gilpin. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I know each lane and every alley green. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • In short each man's happiness depends upon himself. --Sterne. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: This use of each for every, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English. --Fitzed. Hall.
  • Syn: See Every. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'each'

From: Moby Thesaurus