Shortened see saw soothed (7)
I believe the answer is:
sedated
'soothed' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'shortened see saw' is the wordplay.
'shortened' means to remove the last letter.
'saw' becomes 'dated' (to date someone is to see them romantically).
'see' with its last letter taken away is 'se'.
'se'+'dated'='SEDATED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sedated that I've seen before include "Dead set (anag) - tranquillised" , "Tranquillized" , "Calmed with drugs" , "Drugged" , "out for the count!" .)