Definition of "as though" [as though]

• As if: looked as though they had been quarreling. (conjunction)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "His ceramic heart palpitated, felt as though it would thump out of the hard wall of his painted chest."
• "His features once again schooled in the manner she knew all too well, her father said, “It sounds as though you have had many adventures since you joined Star-fleet, Domenica.”"
• "The unicorn's own heart ached as though a huge griffin held and squeezed it in its claws."