Someone needs to look it up in the Bosch Automotive Handbook, though. Dictionary.com is fully shite.
Edit: M-W says:
-"to bring to a standstill : BLOCK; especially : MIRE b : to cause (an engine) to stop usually inadvertently"
-"to come to a standstill (as from mired wheels or engine failure)"
Well, the word IS older than the engine... but it must have adopted a proper technical definition.