local
adj 1: relating to applicable to or concerned with a city or town
or district rather than a larger area; "local taxes";
"local schools and churches"; "a local bus line";
"local authorities"; "local streets and roads"; "local
control" [ant: {national}]
2: having subordinate authority or serving the needs of a
limited district; "the local office"; "local branches of
the library" [ant: {central}]
3: grown or originating in a particular place; "stands selling
local fruits and vegetables" [syn: {homegrown}]
4: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular
locality; "local customs"; "local slang"; "the local
citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of
flu"
5: having a definite spatial form and location; "a local heaven
and hell"; "give to airy nothings a local habitation and a
name"- Shakespeare
6: (medicine) affecting only a restricted part or area of the
body; "local anesthesia" [ant: {general}]
7: making all stops on its run; "a local train or bus" [ant: {express}]
n 1: bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
2: an anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body [syn: {local
anesthetic}, {local anaesthetic}, {topical anesthetic}, {topical
anaesthetic}]