Judge cut rose, then fell (8)
I believe the answer is:
seesawed
'rose then fell' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'judge cut' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'see' (I've seen this before).
'cut' becomes 'sawed' (I've seen this before).
'see'+'sawed'='SEESAWED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seesawed that I've seen before include "went from one extreme to the other" , "Vacillated" , "Switched backwards and forwards" .)