<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.</li><li>Pertaining to, characteristic of, or restricted to a particular place or particular places; a local custom.</li><li>Pertaining to a city, town, or small district rather than an entire state or country; local transportation.</li><li>Stopping at most or all stations; a local train.</li><li>Pertaining to or affecting a particular part or particular parts, as of a physical system or organism; a local disease.</li><li>Medicine/Medical: (of anesthesia or an anesthetic) affecting only a particular part or area of the body, without concomitant loss of consciousness, as distinguished from general anesthesia.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A local train, bus, etc.</li><li>A newspaper item of local interest.</li><li>A local branch of a union, fraternity, etc.</li><li>A local anesthetic.</li><li>Often locals: a local person or resident; primarily of interest to locals.</li><li>A local athletic team: the locals versus the state champions.</li><li>Stamp (def 22).</li><li>British Informal: a neighborhood pub.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: to travel by or take a local train or the like.</li></ul>