I. (|)ēch adjective
Etymology: Middle English ech, from Old English ǣlc; akin to Old High German iogilīh each; both from a prehistoric West Germanic compound whose first and second constituents respectively are represented by Old English ā always and by Old English gelīc alike — more at aye , like
: being one of two or more distinct individuals having a similar relation and often constituting an aggregate : this as well as that or the next or any other of two or more separate but similar individuals
a boat … hung from the ceiling by ropes attached at each end — J.G.Frazer
the little chipmunk … with a piñon nut in each cheek pouch — Nature Magazine
each day was like every other one — H.D.Skidmore
each year the Cape has a summer inundation of people — R.W.Hatch
a program flexible enough to be tailored to each individual employee — A.J.Nickerson
giving to each syllable an equal stress — Max Beerbohm
some publishers … will have books to show in each category — James Britton
II. pronoun
Etymology: Middle English ech, from Old English ǣlc, from ǣlc, adjective
1. : each one — usually used with reference to a preceding substantive or followed by of
shot after shot, each missing by inches
each of them is to pay his own fine
each of them are to pay their own fine
2. : each person : everybody — used with indefinite or vaguely implicit reference
whatever their faults each believes in the gods of his father
3. : all considered one by one — used following a series
your songs, your thoughts, your doings, each divide this perfect beauty — Amy Lowell
III. adverb
: to or for each : apiece
allow two helpings each
the reports cost a dollar each